Effect of seed polymer coating with micronutrients on seed quality of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Abstract

The Laboratory experiment was carried out in the Department of Seed Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur during Rabi season of 2014-15 with an objective to study the effect of seed polymer coating with micronutrients on seed quality of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). The experiment was laid out in a completely randomized design with seventeen treatments including control with four replications. The results revealed that, chickpea seeds treated with either combined application of 6 ml polymer per kg seed along with micronutrients namely, ZnSO4 + Boron + Ammonium molybdate + FeSO4 each at 2 g per kg of seed or individual application of either ammonium molybdate (2 g/kg of seed) or ZnSO4 (2 g/kg of seed) or FeSO4 (2 g/kg of seed) or Boron (2 g/kg of seed) can used in order to enhance the seed quality in chickpea.