Effect of seed priming on drumstick (Moringa oleifera L.) seedling growth with different concentrations of gibberellic acid

Abstract

The moringa is a higher consumer preferable and nutritious vegetable tree whose propagation with seeds & cutting. Seed, sexual propagation is effective and commercially profitable. A pot experiment on Effect of seed priming on drumstick (Moringa oleifera L.) seedling growth with different concentrations of gibberellic acid, was carried out during kharif season at Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior (M.P.). The experiment was laid out in Complete Randomized Design with eight treatments and three replications. Observations of the characters under study of drumstick plants were recorded from five randomly selected plants from each treatment. The data was recorded as per the standard procedure and analyzed statistically as per design. For each observation, five seedlings per treatment were selected randomly. The observations were recorded on growth parameters viz. height of seedling (cm), number of leaves per seedling, diameter of stem (mm) and length of shoot (cm) at 25 and 45 days after seed sowing. While, root length (cm), root diameter (mm), fresh and dry weight of root (g), fresh and dry weight of shoot (g), fresh and dry weight of seedling (g), and survival percentage of seedling observed at 45 days after seed sowing.Maximum height of seedling (22.82cm and 38.62cm), number of leaves per seedling (83.51 and 107.25), diameter of stem (5.37mm and 7.83mm), length of shoot (19.15cm and 30.31cm) at 25 and 45 days after seed sowing, maximum root length (8.31cm), root diameter (3.56mm), fresh and dry weight (13.29g and 4.03g) of shoot, fresh and dry weight (6.01g and 1.94g) of root, fresh and dry weight (19.30g and 5.97g) of seedling and survival percentage (81.33%) at 15 days after transplanting of seedling was recorded with seed soaked in 10ppm GA3 for 24 hours.