Vol. 11, Issue 10 (2022)

Mungbean is one of the important pulse crop in India. But this crop has instability in yield because of many reasons, one of this it is susceptible to pre-harvest sprouting which is major constraint to the expansion of mungbean production. There is need to induce short period of dormancy to minimize the yield losses. A present study was conducted for three years during kharif 2012, 2013 & 2014 at Seed Technology Research Unit, Dr. PDKV, Akola (MS) to induce short period of dormancy by using different chemicals. The mungbean crop var. AKM-8802 was sprayed with two foliar sprays of malic hydrazide (125, 250, 375 & 500 ppm), ascorbic acid (50, 100 & 150 ppm) and salicylic acid (100 & 200 ppm) at grain filling stage i.e. 50 days and 60 days after sowing. As per three years pooled data foliar sprays of maleic hydrazide @ 250 ppm showed significant result for number of pods /plant (22.43), seed yield (12.71 q/ha.), germination % and vigour index as well as beneficial in inducing seed dormancy up to 35 days due to metabolic changes taken place in the seed itself without adversely affecting the seed yield.