Vol. 9, Issue 1 (2021)
Pre-sowing seed treatments on growth, yield and yield attributing traits of maize (Zea mays L.) cv. Drona (KMH-2589)
Author(s): Dudekula Reshma, Prashant Kumar Rai, CH Prashanthi and B Haritha
Abstract: An investigation on “Pre-sowing seed treatments on growth, yield and yield attributing traits of Maize (Zea mays L.) cv. Drona (KMH-2589)” was carried out in post graduate laboratory of Seed Science at Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (U.P). The field experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. Simultaneously, laboratory experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design with four replications using 13 pre-sowing treatments with following Plant Growth Regulators with different concentrations IAA, IBA, GA3 (50,100,200 PPM) Cytokines (10, 20, 40 PPM) including Control for duration of 12 hours. Under the study among the various treatments used for pre-sowing the analysis of variance for the field as well as laboratory data revealed that mean sum of squares due to pre-sowing treatments were highly significant in GA3200ppm than control. This treatment gave maximum plant height (192.67 cm) with higher seed yield per plant (88.63g) and with good seedling characters and this treatment came up with greatest benefit cost ratio (3.76:1). Hence GA3200ppm can be recommended as a pre-sowing seed treatment of maize seed for improving the quality and yield of maize.
DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2021.v9.i1au.11755
Pages: 3354-3358 | 518 Views 71 Downloads
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Dudekula Reshma, Prashant Kumar Rai, CH Prashanthi, B Haritha. Pre-sowing seed treatments on growth, yield and yield attributing traits of maize (Zea mays L.) cv. Drona (KMH-2589). Int J Chem Stud 2021;9(1):3354-3358. DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2021.v9.i1au.11755
