Influence of Botanical Seed Priming and Foliar Application of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle on Physiological Studies for Yield Enhancement in Finger Millet + Greengram Intercropping System

Author: C. Mohanasundar*, K. Ramamoorthy, K.R. Latha, P. Santhy, C.N. Chandrasekhar and A. Lakshmanan

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Abstract

Finger millet is extremely suitable for cultivation under severe conditions while maintaining average yield. Seed priming is the pre-treatment of seeds using various ways in order to increase seed germination rate, germination percentage and seedling emergence uniformity by regulating the amount of water accessible in the seed. With limited arable land and water resources, agricultural sector development can only be achieved by improving resource utilization efficiency while, nanotechnology has the ability to completely alter the agricultural sector. An experiment has been undertaken to investigate the impact of nanoscale zinc oxide particles on plant growth and development. A field experiment was conducted at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during rabi season to evaluate the response of effective farming practice for sole finger millet and finger millet + greengram intercropping system under rainfed conditions to varied levels of bio-seed priming and foliar application

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Fingermillet, botanical priming, nanoparticles, intercropping and sustainability.