Effect of organic priming on seed germination behaviour and vigour of chickpea (Cicer arietinum (L.))

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at Post Graduate Laboratory, Seed Science and Technology, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Naini Agricultural Institute, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh during Rabi season of 2018, to study the effect of organic priming on seed germination behaviour and vigour of chickpea Cicer arietinum (L.) of Gaurav variety. The design applied statistical analysis was carried out with Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with 4 replication and 9 treatments comprised of Control, Distilled water, Vermi wash (2% solution), Vermi wash (6% solution), Cow urine (2% solution), Cow urine (6% solution), Curry leaf extract (2% solution) and Curry leaf extract (6% solution) found that all the Organic priming methods showed significance difference with the control and the highest germination (%), seedling length, fresh weight of seedling (g), dry weight of seedling (g), seedling vigour index length and seedling vigour index mass were observed in (T3) for Vermi wash at 6% and followed by (T5) Cow urine 6%. The study helps to improve the quality of seeds with the help of seed organic priming treatments which are cost effective, economic, non-toxic and eco-friendly sources.