Effects of Priming of Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Seeds on its Growth and Yield Attributes under Rainfed and Irrigated Condition

Author: Bigyananda Mutum*, Utpal Maity, Bidhan Roy, Puspendu Dutta and Satyananda Basak

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Abstract

An experiment was performed to study the effects of priming of wheat (Triticum aestivum) seeds on its growth and yield attributes under rainfed and irrigated condition, during Rabi 2019-20 season at Experimental Farm AICRP of Wheat, at Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalya, Cooch Behar, to assess the response of wheat seeds to priming with the chemicals namely-Salicylic acid and PEG (polyethylene glycol).The trial was laid out by using cv. “UP 262 (V1) and K0307 (V2)” in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications and six treatments, each for both variety comprised of two concentrations of each chemicals -Salicylic acid (10 ppm and 20 ppm) as well as polyethylene glycol or PEG (10% and 20%) and two control treatment (with water and without water) along with the same replication each, one in stress condition (Rainfed) and other in normal condition (Irrigated). During Rabi season in West Bengal, shortage of rainfall occurred which induces stress on wheat growth and with appl

Keywords

Priming, Salicylic acid, polyethylene glycol, rainfed, irriagted.

Conclusion

This research provided us an opportunity to gain practical knowledge about the production technology of wheat and about the effect of priming on growth and yield attributes. Based on the observed data, we can recommend that priming of seed before sowing improves the establishment of crop, early maturation, uniformity in growth, yield, and also stress-tolerant. The result suggests that the treating of Salicylic acid with 20 ppm and PEG with 20 % proved to be efficient towards improving growth, morphology & yield attributing characters. However, overall 20 % of PEG treatment is more suitable for both rainfed i.e. non-irrigated, and irrigated conditions. And also from the result, we can conclude that both chemicals also relieve the crop from stress conditioned where Salicylic acid enhances more stress tolerance than the PEG.

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Mutum, B., Maity, U., Roy, B., Dutta, P. and Basak, S. (2021). Effects of Priming of Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Seeds on its Growth and Yield Attributes under Rainfed and Irrigated Condition. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3a): 32-38.