Improvement of Germination and Vigour of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) by Hydro-Priming: Latest Comprehensive Approaches for an Earlier Empirical Practice

Abstract

Hydro-priming is a pre-sowing procedure that creates a physiological environment in which seed germinates more efficiently. Primed seeds germinate more quickly and synchronously the next time, and the young seedlings that grow from them are more resistant to abiotic stressors than seedlings grown from unprimed seeds. One common method of priming is to soak seeds in specified amounts of water or to shorten the imbibition period. The experiment was conducted at the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya in Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India, in the Seed Testing Laboratory of the Department of Seed Science and Technology. Hydro-priming is a pre-sowing procedure that creates a physiological environment in which seed germinates more efficiently. Primed seeds germinate more quickly and synchronously the next time, and the young seedlings that grow from them are more resistant to abiotic stressors than seedlings grown from unprimed seeds. T₁-soaking the seeds for two hours, T₂- soaking the seeds for four hours, T₃- soaking the seeds for six hours, T₄-soaking the seeds for eight hours, T₅- soaking the seeds for ten hours and T₆- soaking the seeds for twelve hours. As a control, dry seeds (T₀) were used. This was evidenced by the highest germination percentage (95.52), fresh weight (1.36 g), dry weight (0.14 g), vigour index-I (1811.64), mean germination time (3.47 days), time to 50% germination (2.68 days), and germination index (27.29). Based on the results of the experiment, it was determined that soaking seeds in distilled water for eight hours produced the best results compared to other durations. 

Cite as:

Anish Choudhury, & Sanjoy Kumar Bordolui. (2024). Improvement of Germination and Vigour of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) by Hydro-Priming: Latest Comprehensive Approaches for an Earlier Empirical Practice. Research and Reviews: Journal of Environmental Sciences, 6(3), 28–38. 

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13234385