Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Mohammad Amir, CB Singh, AL Jatav, Maneesh Kumar, DP Singh and DK Tripathi

Abstract:
Early and maximum field emergence, seedling vigour and stand establishment of lentil (Lens culinaris M.) are considered as the most important yield contributing factors in rainfed areas. Therefore, for enhancing the planting value of Lentil under sub-optimal condition, a field experiment was conducted during Rabi season 2019-20 and 2020-21 in Split Plot Design with two varieties in main plot and fourteen different seed priming treatments in sub plot at Oil Seed Farm, CSA University, Kalyanpur Kanpur, India to evaluate the effects of different seed priming technologies including hydro-priming, halo-priming and bio-priming on field emergence, seedling vigour and stand establishment of Lentil. Analysis of variance of pooled data of both year showed that seed coating (on hydroprimed seed) with Bio NPK and drought alleviating bacteria on seeds of variety K-75significantly improved field emergence, seed vigour index, seedling length and dry weight in both the varieties (KLB-303 and K-75) compared to other treatments. Also, variety K-75 showed significantly better performance in terms of planting value than variety KLB-303 It was, therefore concluded that seed coating (on hydroprimed seed) with Bio NPk and drought alleviating bacteria is a simple and environmental friendly technique for improving the planting value of lentil under sub-optimal condition.