Effect of Organic and Botanicals Priming on Seed Quality Parameter of Pigeonpea (Cajanuscajan (L.) Millspaugh)
A. Divij Reddy *
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Pryagraj, 211007 U. P., India.
A. K. Chaurasia
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Pryagraj, 211007 U. P., India.
P. K. Shukla
Department of Biological Sciences, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Pryagraj, 211007 U. P., India.
Ram Pal Singh
Department Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Pryagraj, 211007 U. P., India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Presence of hard seed coats and several seed borne pathogens hinder the normal seedling establishment in legumes. Earlier seed enhancement is mainly achieved though synthetics and growth regulators. To evaluate the effect of organics and botanicals on quality parameters of the seed an experiment was conducted in Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences. Treatments in the experiment comprised of Panchagavya at 3%, 5% and 7% for 12 hrs., Beejamrutha at 5%, 7% and 9% for 12 hrs., Coconut water at 6% and 8% for 12hrs., Moringa leaf extract at 5% and 7% for 12hrs and Sea weed extract at 3% and 5% for 12hrs.Priming with the selected organics and botanicalsis found to enhance the quality parameters compared to untreated control. The treatment Panchagavya at 7% for duration of 12 hours was found to be superior compared to the other treatments in the study.
Keywords: Synthetics, growth regulators, organics, botanicals and leaf extracts