Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology

Influence of Seed Priming Treatments on Plant Growth Parameters 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.

V. K. Yadav

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

P. K. Singh

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

Anil Kumar

Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, CSAUA&T Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Parash Kushwaha

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.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

The effects of different seed priming treatments, namelytap water, KNO₃ @ 2.5%, Thiourea @ 1000 ppm, CaCl₂ @ 2%, Nacl₂ @ 2%, ZnSo₄ @ 1%, KH₂PO₄ @ 1% and Salicylic acid @ 100 ppm solutions, on plant growthparameters 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 plant growth parameters were significantly affected by various seed priming treatments. Priming with Thiourea @ 1000 ppm significantlyincreased the plant growth parameters.

Keywords: Barley, priming, Thiourea, plant growth parameters

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