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Sustainable Hydropriming Strategies to Enhance Seed Germination and Seedling Vigour in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik)

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Title Sustainable Hydropriming Strategies to Enhance Seed Germination and Seedling Vigour in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik)
 
Creator A ANBALAGAN
SANGITA YADAV
R CHOUDHARY
MK SUSHMA
D SIRI NANDINI
A YADAV
SHIV K YADAV
 
Subject Seed priming, Lentil, Hydro priming, seed quality, seed germination and seedling vigour
 
Description The quality and yield of an agriculture crop are highly dependent on uniform and rapid germination of the seeds. Pre-sowing hydropriming is one of the most suitable, reasonable, easily available, and highly costeffective environment friendly techniques for improving seed quality and enhanced seedling growth. Henceforth, a laboratory experiment was conducted to assess the effect of hydro-priming duration on germination and seedling growth of lentil. The experiment was laid out in two factor Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications and five treatments including different hydro-priming durations (Control, Hydropriming for 12 hours,14 hours, 16 hours and 18 hours) in two varieties namely PDL 1 and IPL 316. Hydropriming seeds for 16 hours significantly improved their performance compared to non-primed seeds in both of these varieties tested. The results showed an increase in speed of germination by 53% and 69%, a boost in germination rate by 12.6% and 8.2%, and enhancements in Vigour Index I by 36% and 12%. Additionally, Vigour Index II increased by 27.8% and 7.4%.In both of these varieties, the highest seed quality parameters were recorded in the 16 hours of hydroprimed seeds whereas the lowest seed quality parameters were observed in non-primed seeds. Overall, from this experiment it was concluded that 16 hours of seed hydro-priming duration proved to be an effective method for enhancing seed germination and vigour.
 
Publisher Indian Society of Seed Technology
 
Date 2024-10-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/SR/article/view/158729
10.56093/sr.v52i1.158729
 
Source Seed Research; Vol. 52 No. 1 (2024): Seed Research; 9-14
0379-5594
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/SR/article/view/158729/56647
 
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