International Journal of Plant & Soil Science

Effect of Different Seed Priming Treatments on Seed Quality Components 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.

Sanjay Babu

Department of Seed Science and Technology, 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 seed quality parameters of Barley cv. K-1055 and K-409 in Factorial Completely Randomized Block Design with four replications were investigated during 2022-23 and 2023-24 at the laboratory of Department of Seed Science and Technology, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur. Analysis of variance revealed that the all recorded seed quality parameters were significantly affected by various seed priming treatments. Priming with KNO₃ @ 2.5 % showed maximum 1000 seed weight, standard germination %, seedling length, seedling root length, seedling shoot length, seedling dry weight, seed vigour index-I and seed vigour index-II.

Keywords: Barley, priming, KNO3, seed quality

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