Effects of Priming on Seed Germination and Biochemical Parameters of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Under Laboratory Conditions
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2022
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Pulses are a vital part of a healthy diet because they are a rich
source of protein, have low fat content, lack cholesterol, have a lower
glycemic index and also a rich source of micro nutrients. Pulses are
also an integral part of crop rotation as they also regulate the soil
health. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important pulse of rabi
season in Rajasthan. Poor crop establishment is a serious problem in
chickpea as they are usually sown in semi arid regions of Rajasthan.
Seed priming is a traditional, easy and cost effective technique
to enhance the seed quality parameters as it hastens the germination,
growth and development of the seeds. To study the effect of Hydropriming and Halo priming and different priming hours an investigation
was carried out during rabi season 2021-22 in the laboratory,
Department of Plant Physiology, Sri Karan Narendra College of
Agriculture, Jobner, Jaipur on Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotype
RSG-888 Under Laboratory In this experiment priming was done for
different period of time (0, 2, 3, 4, & 5 hrs.) with different priming
solutions (Distilled water, 2% KNO3, 2% CaCl2 and 100 ppm SNP).
The investigation revealed that 5 hours of priming was found to
be optimum for all the four treatments (Distilled water, 2% KNO3, 2%