EFFECT OF ZINC NANOPARTICLES SEED TREATMENT ON QUALITY SEED PRODUCTION IN BITTER GOURD
dc.contributor.advisor | Dr Rohit Verma | |
dc.contributor.author | PRAGATI VERMA | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-18T16:35:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-18T16:35:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-11-04 | |
dc.description.abstract | The present investigation entitled, “Effect of Zinc Nanoparticles Seed Treatment on Quality Seed Production in Bitter Gourd” was carried in the laboratory and research farm of Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2022-2023. The experiment was laid out in open field conditions with Randomized Block Design having fourteen treatments replicated three times while laboratory experiment was conducted in Completely Randomized Design replicated 4 times. Out of the 14 treatments, 9 treatments comprised of seed priming with zinc nanoparticles @ 50 ppm, 100 ppm and 150 ppm for 12, 24 and 48 hours, 3 treatments comprised of seed coating with zinc nanoparticles @ 50 ppm, 100 ppm and 150 ppm, 1 treatment comprised of seed soaking in water for 36 hrs in addition to control. Seed priming with ZnO NPs @ 150 ppm for 24 hrs (T8) was found superior over all other treatments in terms of germination (98.25 %), seedling length (25.23 cm), seedling dry weight (144.25 g), seedling vigour index-I (2478.86), seedling vigour index-II (14171.85), days to 50% emergence (10.33 days), total emergence (79.56 %), plant height 30 DAS (80.06 cm), days to first picking (80.33 days), harvest duration (28 days), fruit length (17.11 cm), fruit weight (116.33 g), number of fruits per plant (13.66), number of seeds per fruit (24.18), number of seeds per plant (330.30), seed yield per plot (293.97 g), seed yield per hectare ( 483.91 kg/ha), 100 seed weight (17.20 g) and maximum B:C ratio (1.84: 1) which was closely followed by seed priming with ZnO NPs @ 150 ppm for 48 hrs (T9). Therefore, seed priming with ZnO NPs @ 150 ppm for 24 hrs (T8) can be recommended for commercial seed production of bitter gourd after multi-location testing. | |
dc.identifier.citation | EFFECT OF ZINC NANOPARTICLES SEED TREATMENT ON QUALITY SEED PRODUCTION IN BITTER GOURD | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810207554 | |
dc.keywords | BITTER GOURD | |
dc.keywords | ZINC NANOPARTICLES SEED TREATMENT ON QUALITY SEED | |
dc.language.iso | English | |
dc.pages | 60+ix | |
dc.publisher | UHF Nauni | |
dc.sub | Seed Science and Technology | |
dc.theme | “Effect of Zinc Nanoparticles Seed Treatment on Quality Seed Production in Bitter Gourd | |
dc.these.type | M.Sc | |
dc.title | EFFECT OF ZINC NANOPARTICLES SEED TREATMENT ON QUALITY SEED PRODUCTION IN BITTER GOURD | |
dc.type | Thesis |
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