Vol. 11, Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Rupendra Mewada and Manish Bakshi

Abstract:
The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. Each replication consists of thirteen treatments and all treatments were randomized separately in each replication. The treatments consisting of different chemicals like KNO3 @ 1 and 2g, Thiourea @ 1 and 2g and GA3 @ 100 and 200 ppm were used for pre-soaking the seeds of papaya varieties Red lady and Red Sun. Result concluded that the different chemicals like KNO3, thiourea and GA3 used for pre-soaking the seeds of papaya significantly influenced the different parameters in papaya. It was recorded that the treatment T5 (KNO3 @ 2g + Red lady) was found the best treatment among all chemicals used for germination and seedling growth in papaya and it also gave the maximum germination and growth parameters, whereas the minimum germination and growth parameters were recorded in treatment 1 (Control).