Impact of Preconditioning of Seed on Germination Percentage and Phenology of Lentil (Lens Culinaris Medie)

Abstract: The present investigation entitled Effect of seed priming on germination percentage and phenology of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medie) was carried out at the experimental site of Department of Crop Physiology, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, and Faizabad-224229 (U. P. ) during Rabi season 2012-2013 in Complete Randomized Design (RBD) with three replications and seven treatments on variety NDL-1. Observations were recorded at 30, 60 and 90 DAS. Cycocel (100 ppm, 200 ppm), GA3 (250 ppm, 500 ppm) and IAA (250 ppm, 500 ppm) concentrations were used as treatments. The treatment was comprised of seed priming along with untreated control. The observations had been studied on germination percentage and phonological parameters of the NDL-1. Seed priming was performed for 8 hours. It is resulted from the study that GA3 500 ppm significantly increased all the parameters followed by GA3 250 ppm. Hence, the use of PGRs in lentil crop enhancing production and productivity by improving responsible traits for growth and yield.

Keywords: Lentil, Phenology, Seed priming, GA3, Cycocel

Edition: Volume 5 Issue 9, September 2016,

Pages: 395 - 396