Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Alpana Kumari, Arun Kumar, Sudhir Kumar, Birendra Kumar and PK Singh

Abstract:
Seed treatment is one of the key techniques for improvement of field performance of crop plant. In the present study, this technique was explored for crop performance of treated wheat seed. The seed material of DBW 187 was treated with the different concentration of Iron and zinc sulphate viz., ZnSO⁴ (0.25%), ZnSO⁴ (0.50%), ZnSO⁴ (1.0%), ZnSO⁴ (2.0%), FeSO⁴ (0.25%), FeSO⁴ (0.50%), FeSO⁴ (1.0%), FeSO⁴ (2.0%) for 10 hours and dry back seed to original and safe moisture content and other method of micronutrient application was also adopted viz., Soil application of ZnSO⁴ (25 kg/ha) and FeSO⁴ (50 kg/ha), foliar spray of ZnSO⁴ (0.5%) and FeSO⁴ (1.0%) at recommended dose along with hydropriming seed treatment. among the ZnSO₄ treatment, seed treatment with ZnSO₄ (0.50%) improved the number of tillers/m² significantly highest and even though higher than hydropriming. The treatment with ZnSO₄ (0.25%) significantly enhanced the seed yield/plant at highest level among all the treatment and improved over and above hydropriming along with ZnSO₄ (0.50%). The treatment with ZnSO₄ (0.50%) significantly enhanced the seed yield/m² at highest level and higher than hydropriming along with ZnSO4 (0.25%) and FeSO₄ (0.5%).