Vol. 12, Issue 8 (2023)

Author(s):
PB Bankar, RW Bharud, RS Wagh, SN Pawal and DV Deshmukh

Abstract:
An experiment was conducted out under phytotronic conditions in a growth chamber using a factorial completely randomized design (FCRD). For this investigation, 20 genotypes of chickpea were chosen. After 21 days, the effects of several temperature regimes (15/15 °C, 20/20 °C, 25/15 °C, 25/20 °C and 25/25 °C) on seedling growth were examined by noting numerous observations, including shoot and root length, seedling length, dry weight, and calculation of various stress indices. The genotypes PG 719 and PG 96006 and Digvijay performed better for seedling growth and had the maximum shoot length, root length, total length, and Dry matter stress tolerance index. Among all of the temperature regimes, seedling growth was found to be optimal at 15/15 °C followed by 20/20 °C.