International Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access
Open Access Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Restricted Access Subscription Access

Relative Performance of Seed Priming with Tap Water and Inorganic Salts on Germination, Invigoration, Growth and Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


Affiliations
1 Directorate of Seed Research, Kushmaur, Mau (U.P.), India
     

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


In a field experiment, one year old seeds of two late sown wheat varieties viz., HUW 234 and WR544 were primed with tap water and inorganic salts including KNO3 and Mg (SO4)2singly (in 0.2% solutions) for 12 hours. After priming, the seeds were taken out and allowed for shade drying till returning to their original moisture content. One set of unprimed control was also kept simultaneously. Those primed and unprimed seeds were sown in the last week of December during 2011-12 in allocated plots in four replicates following Factorial Randomized Block Design (RBD) at the research farm of IISR Lucknow, taken temporarily by Directorate of Seed Research, Mau. The data showed that seed priming with tap water and inorganic salts including KNO3 and Mg (SO4)2 singly in 0.2 per cent solution for 12 h significantly enhanced seed germination, shoot/ischolar_main length, seedling dry weight, vigour index and finally the total biomass and grain yield in both the varieties evaluated over unprimed control. Among the treatment, KNO3 priming displayed maximum values in respect of all characters studied followed by Mg (SO4)2 and tap water. Varieties differed significantly in respect of shoot/ischolar_main length, seedling dry weight, spike length, number of spikelets/spike, number of grains and test weight. Variety HUW 234 superceded WR 544 in respect of seedling dry weight, vigour index, number of tillers/run. meter and total biomass whereas WR 544 displayed maximum seed germination, shoot/ischolar_main length, plant height and finally the total grain yield. Differences between varieties were found to be significant for some characters, however, insignificant for remaining others.

Keywords

Germination, Invigoration, Inorganic Salts, Seed Priming, Tap Water, Varieties.
Subscription Login to verify subscription
User
Notifications
Font Size


  • Argerich, C.A. and Bradford, K.J. (1989). The effects of priming and ageing on seed vigour in tomato. J. Exp. Bot., 40: 599-607.

  • Basu (1994). Commercial exploitation of colouring, film coating, pelleting and seed invigoration technologies in high value crops seeds by K Vanangamudi and A Bharathi In G. Kalloo, S. K. Jain, Alice K Vari and Umesh Srivastava (Eds) Seed-A global perspective, Indian Society of Seed Technology, New Delhi, 2006 pp194-212. Associated Publishing Company, Karol Bag, NEW DELHI, INDIA.

  • Bose, B. (1997). The influence of pre-sowing soaking treatment of seeds with different nitrates on growth, nitrogen content and nitrate reductase activity in maize. Physiol. Mol. Biol. Pl., 3 : 81-84.

  • Bose, Bandana and Mishra, T. (1992). Response of wheat seeds to pre-sowing seed treatment with Mg (NO3)2. Ann. Agric. Res., 13 :132-136.

  • Bose, Bandana and Mishra, T. (1999). Influence of pre-sowing soaking treatment in Brassica juncea seeds with Mg salt on growth, nitrate reductase activity, total protein content and yield responses. Physiol. Mol. Biol. Pl., 5 : 83-88.

  • Bose, Bandana and Mishra, T. (2001). Effect of seed treatment with magnesium salts on growth and chemical attributes of mustard. Indian J. Pl. Physiol., 6 : 431-434.

  • Bose, Bandana and Pandey, M.K. (2003). Effect of nitrate presoaking of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) seeds on growth and nitrate assimilation of seedlings. Physiol. Mol. Biol. Pl., 9 : 287.

  • Bose, Bandana and Sharma, Saksekhara M.C. (2000). Influence of maize seed treatment with nitrate on nitrogen economy and nitrogen pollution. Indian J. Pl. Physiol., 5(1) : 93-95.

  • Brockehurst and Dearman (1983). Commercial exploitation of colouring, film coating, pelleting and seed invigoration technologies in high value crops seeds by K Vanangamudi and A Bharathi In: G. Kalloo, S. K. Jain, Alice K Vari and Umesh Srivastava (Eds) Seed-A global perspective, Indian Society of Seed Technology, New Delhi, 2006 pp194-212. Associated Publishing Company, Karol Bag, NEW DELHI, INDIA.

  • Fujikura and Karssen (1992) Commercial exploitation of colouring, film coating, pelleting and seed invigoration technologies in high value crops seeds by K Vanangamudi and A Bharathi In: G. Kalloo, S. K. Jain, Alice K Vari and Umesh Srivastava (Eds) Seed-A global perspective, Indian Society of Seed Technology, New Delhi, 2006 pp194-212. Associated Publishing Company, Karol Bag, NEW DELHI, INDIA.

  • Heydecker (1973). Commercial exploitation of colouring, film coating, pelleting and seed invigoration technologies in high value crops seeds by K Vanangamudi and A Bharathi In : G. Kalloo, S. K. Jain, Alice K Vari and Umesh Srivastava (Eds) Seed-A global perspective, Indian Society of Seed Technology, New Delhi, 2006 pp194-212. Associated Publishing Company, Karol Bag, NEW DELHI, INDIA.

  • Mc Donald Miller, B. (2000). Principles of seed science and technology. (4th Ed.) 277pp., Pub. Springer.

  • Mishra, R.K. and Sahoo, N.C. (2003). Effect of chemical priming and ageing on seed vigour, viability and enzyme activity in tomato and cauliflower. Indian J. Pl. Physiol., (Special Issue) : 222-225

  • Panday, Daroga and Bose, Bandana (2006). Influence of presowing seed treatment with nitrates salts and different sowing dates on performance of mustard. J. Plant Physio., 11(3) : 261-265.

  • Pandita, V. K., Nagarjuna Shantha, Sinha, J.P. and Modi, B.S. (2003). Physiological and biochemical changes induced by priming in tomato seed and its relation to germination and field emergence characteristics. Indian J. Pl. Physiol., (Special Issue) : 249-254.

  • Panse, V.G. and Sukhatme, P.V. (1967). Statistical methods for agricultural workers. ICAR Publication, NEW DELHI, INDIA.

  • Sexena, O.P. and Singh, G. (1987). Osmotic priming studies in some vegetable seeds, International society for horticulture science, ISHS. Acta Hort., 215 : 201-207.

  • Taigi, Min (2001). Commercial exploitation of colouring, film coating, pelleting and seed invigoration technologies in high value crops seeds by K Vanangamudi and A Bharathi In : G. Kalloo, S. K. Jain, Alice K Vari and Umesh Srivastava (Eds) Seed-A global perspective, Indian Society of Seed Technology, New Delhi, 2006 pp. 194-212. Associated Publishing Company, Karol Bag, NEW DELHI, INDIA.

  • Thakur, A.S. and Thakur, P.S. (2006). Effect of pre-sowing treatments on germination and seedling vigour in Dioscorea deltoida. Seed Res., 34(2) : 162-167.

  • Tischner, R. (2000). Nitrate uptake and reduction in higher and lower plants. Plant Cell Environ., 23 : 1005-1024.

  • Tiwari, T.N., Kamal, D., Kumar, V., Chaturvedi, A.K. and Prasad, S.R. (2013). Relative efficacy of in-organic salt as priming agent on germination, vigour, nitrate assimilation and yield in Mung Bean. Seed Res., 41(2) : 180-189.

  • Tiwari, T.N., Kamal, D., Singh, R.K. and Prasad, S.R. (2014). Relative efficacy of seed priming with potassium nitrate and tap water in relation to germination, invigoration, nitrate assimilation and yield of Pigeonpea (Cajnua cajan L.). Ann. Agric. Res. New Series, 35(2) : 164-170.

  • Tiwari, T.N., Srivastava, T.K., Mandal, A.B. and Kamal, D. (2015). Effect of seed coating with Hoagland solution on seed quality and field performance in rice (Oryza sativa). Indian J. Agril. Sci., 85(9) : 1153-1157.


Abstract Views: 304

PDF Views: 0




  • Relative Performance of Seed Priming with Tap Water and Inorganic Salts on Germination, Invigoration, Growth and Yield of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Abstract Views: 304  |  PDF Views: 0

Authors

T. N. Tiwari
Directorate of Seed Research, Kushmaur, Mau (U.P.), India
Dipti Kamal
Directorate of Seed Research, Kushmaur, Mau (U.P.), India
A. K. Sinha
Directorate of Seed Research, Kushmaur, Mau (U.P.), India
Rajiv K. Singh
Directorate of Seed Research, Kushmaur, Mau (U.P.), India

Abstract


In a field experiment, one year old seeds of two late sown wheat varieties viz., HUW 234 and WR544 were primed with tap water and inorganic salts including KNO3 and Mg (SO4)2singly (in 0.2% solutions) for 12 hours. After priming, the seeds were taken out and allowed for shade drying till returning to their original moisture content. One set of unprimed control was also kept simultaneously. Those primed and unprimed seeds were sown in the last week of December during 2011-12 in allocated plots in four replicates following Factorial Randomized Block Design (RBD) at the research farm of IISR Lucknow, taken temporarily by Directorate of Seed Research, Mau. The data showed that seed priming with tap water and inorganic salts including KNO3 and Mg (SO4)2 singly in 0.2 per cent solution for 12 h significantly enhanced seed germination, shoot/ischolar_main length, seedling dry weight, vigour index and finally the total biomass and grain yield in both the varieties evaluated over unprimed control. Among the treatment, KNO3 priming displayed maximum values in respect of all characters studied followed by Mg (SO4)2 and tap water. Varieties differed significantly in respect of shoot/ischolar_main length, seedling dry weight, spike length, number of spikelets/spike, number of grains and test weight. Variety HUW 234 superceded WR 544 in respect of seedling dry weight, vigour index, number of tillers/run. meter and total biomass whereas WR 544 displayed maximum seed germination, shoot/ischolar_main length, plant height and finally the total grain yield. Differences between varieties were found to be significant for some characters, however, insignificant for remaining others.

Keywords


Germination, Invigoration, Inorganic Salts, Seed Priming, Tap Water, Varieties.

References