Vol. 8, Issue 5, Part K (2024)

Abstract: Current study was conducted at the experimental farm, Department of Agriculture, Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Jalandhar, Punjab, during the Rabi season of 2022-23. The Randomized block design was used with seven treatments replicated thrice. Various priming agents viz., water (hydropriming), rhizobium inoculants, KNO₃, GA₃, H₂O₂ and neem leaf powder, at different concentrations were used to treat the seed for 8 hours. Findings unveiled that growth parameters viz., days to emergence, plant height and number of branches per plant, days to flower initiation, days to 50% flowering and number of flowers per plant were recorded maximum with the application of treatment (T₄) i.e., seed priming with GA₃ @ 100 ppm, followed by treatment (T₃) i.e. seed priming with KNO₃ @ 3% (30gm). Similarly, yield attributes viz., number of pods, number of seeds per pod and seed yield per plant, pod yield per plot, maximum average yield also had maximum reported values in treatment T₄ followed by T₃.