STUDY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT SEED RATE AND SEED PRIMING TREATMENTS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF LENTIL (Lens culinaris M.)

G. KAUR¹*, S. KUMAR², S.S. BOLA^3
1Post Graduate Department of Agriculture, General Shivdev Singh Diwan Gurbachan Singh, Khalsa College, Patiala, 147001, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, India
²Post Graduate Department of Agriculture, General Shivdev Singh Diwan Gurbachan Singh, Khalsa College, Patiala, 147001, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, India
³Post Graduate Department of Agriculture, General Shivdev Singh Diwan Gurbachan Singh, Khalsa College, Patiala, 147001, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, India
* Corresponding Author : gurpreetkaur671995@gmail.com

Received : 01-10-2020     Accepted : 13-10-2020     Published : 15-10-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 19       Pages : 10241 - 10243
Int J Agr Sci 12.19 (2020):10241-10243

Keywords : GA3, Lentil, Seed rate, Seed priming
Academic Editor : P. T. Patel
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Post Graduate Department of Agriculture, General Shivdev Singh Diwan Gurbachan Singh, Khalsa College, Patiala, 147001, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2017-2018 to study on the performance of different seed rate and seed priming treatments on growth and yield of lentil (Lens culinaris M.). The experiment consisted of 12 scheduling treatments viz, seed rate (40,45,50 kg ha-1) and seed priming (no priming, hydro priming, osmo priming, hormone priming) using factorial randomized block design with three replications. A keen observation of the data revealed that different seed rates sowing of lentil crop with seed rate of 50 kg ha-1 resulted in significantly higher growth and yield followed by seed rate of 45 kg ha-1. Among different seed priming treatments hormone primed seed (GA3) produced significantly superior plants with higher productivity. Application of 50 kg ha-1 seed rate and hormone primed seed (GA3) also realized significantly higher gross returns, net returns and B:C ratio and it was followed by seed rate of 45 kg ha-1 with osmo- primed seed (KNO3).

Among different seed rates sowing of lentil crop, seed rate of 50 kg ha-1 resulted in significant higher growth and yield followed by seed rate of 45 kg ha-1. Among different seed priming treatments, hormone primed seed (GA3) produced significantly superior plants with higher productivity.

Application of 50 kg ha-1 seed rate and hormone primed seed (GA3) also realized significantly higher gross returns, net returns and B:C ratio and it was followed by seed rate of 45 kg ha-1 with osmo- primed seed (KNO3).

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	Table-1 Effect of different seed rates and seed priming treatments on plant height (cm), number of leaves plant-1and number of branches plant-1 at harvest of lentil
	Table-2 Effect of different seed rates and seed priming treatments on no. of pods plant-1, no. of seeds pod-1 and test weight (g) of lentil
	Table-3 Effect of different seed rates and seed priming treatments on grain, biological and straw yield; and harvest index of lentil