Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Arti Manohar Ambhore, Priyanka Negi and Dr. Pratibha Katiyar

Abstract:
Due to the nature of their seed coat and bold seediness, Kabuli chickpeas have a problem with prior germination. Seed priming is the one of the most important approaches to improve germination and seedling emergence in various crops. Therefore, the field experiment was carried out to find out the influence of various seed priming treatments on germination, phenology and early growth behavior in late sowing Kabuli chickpea in rabi season 2020-21 at department of Plant Physiology, AB & MAPs, COA, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya at Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Ten seed priming treatment have been used with three replications in randomized block design and two genotypes of Kabuli chickpea i.e., ICCV-171309 and ICCV-181318 have been used. The germination, phenological observations and growth behavior were recorded and it was found that T₂ (Hydro priming) and T₇ (GA₃ @500ppm) performed significantly effective for improving germination percentage and reducing the days required to germination, flower initiation, 50% flowering, pod initiation, 50% podding and first picking of pod in both ICCV-181318 and ICCV-171309.