Journal of Experimental Agriculture International

Influence of Seed Priming Treatments on Yield Attributes, Seed Yield and Economic Returns of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Ravi Dixit *

Department of Seed Science and Technology, CSAUA&T, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

C L Maurya

Department of Seed Science and Technology, CSAUA&T, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Shravan Kumar

Department of Seed Science and Technology, CSAUA&T, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Keshav Babu

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, CSAUA&T, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Shrigovind

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, ANDUA&T, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Vineet Dixit

Department of Crop Physiology, CSAUA&T, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Anuj Kumar Yadav

Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, CSAUA&T, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

The effects of different seed priming treatments, namely tap water, KNO₃ 2.5%, Thiourea 1000 ppm, CaCl₂ 2%, Nacl₂ 2%, ZnSo₄ 1%, KH₂PO₄ 1% and Salicylic acid 100 ppm solutions, on yield attributes, seed yield and economic returns of Barley cv. K-1055 and K-409 in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications were investigated during Rabi 2022-23 and 2023-24 at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur. Analysis of variance revealed that the yield attributes and seed yield were significantly affected by various seed priming treatments.  Priming with KNO₃ @ 2.5 % increased the seed yield by 21.70 % compared to the control., Priming with KNO₃ 2.5%, gave the highest economic returns with a cost to benefit ratio of 1:2.14. Therefore, these priming techniques could be used to improve the seed yield and profit.

Keywords: Barley, priming, KNO3, seed yield

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