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Effect of Seed Priming on Germination and initial Seedling Growth of Cowpea Seeds (Vigna unguiculata L.)

Author: Patti. Tejasree, Arun Kumar Chaurasia, Pradeep Kumar Shukla and Vangala Navya

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Abstract

To overcome several seed enhancement techniques are available for quality up gradation we was conducted experiment in post graduate Seed Testing Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P.) during Kharif season 2020-2021 standardize the suitable pre-sowing seed treatment for Cowpea. Different pre-sowing seed treatments with control (Unhardened) were evaluated by screening of 10 hours viz., T0- Control, T1- Neem leaf extract @ 3%, T2- Neem leaf extract @ 5%, T3- Tulsi leaf extract @ 3%, T4- Tulsi leaf extract @ 5%, T5- Beejamurtha @ 3%, T6- Beejamurtha @ 5%, T7- Coconut water @ 2%, T8- Coconut water @ 4%, T9- Cow urine @ 2%, T10- Cow urine @ 4%, T11- Ginger extract @ 1%, T12- Ginger extract @ 2%. It was resulted that the pre-sowing seed treatments are significance difference with the control, in seed quality parameters highest germination %, seedling length and vigour attributes in leaf extract: Neem (5%) followed by leaf extract: Tulsi (5%), Beejamur

Keywords

Cowpea seeds, Neem leaf extract, Tulsi leaf extract, Beejamurtha, Coconut water, Cow urine, Ginger extract, germination, seedling and vigour parameters.

Conclusion

Pre-sowing seed treatment increases the germinability and vigour of cowpea seeds and found to be significantly all data in laboratory condition. Neem leaf extract (5%) followed by Tulsi leaf extract (5%), Beejamurtha (3%), Coconut water (4%), and Cow urine (4%) significantly increased the germination and vigour parameters of cowpea and found to be lowest in Control (untreated seed). Neem leaf extract (5%) showed maximum increase in germination, seedling dry weight and vigour parameters. Neem leaf extract (5%) showed best treatment among all the treatments for cowpea. All these conclusions are based on the investigation for six months and therefore further investigation is needed to arrive valid recommendations.

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How to cite this article

Tejasree, P., Chaurasia, A.K., Shukla, P.K. and Navya, V. (2021). Effect of Seed Priming on Germination and initial Seedling Growth of Cowpea Seeds (Vigna unguiculata L.). Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3): 229-232.