Indian Journal of Agricultural Research

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Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 48 issue 2 (april 2014) : 105-112

EFFECT OF FLYASH APPLICATION ON PHOTOSYHNTHESIS, GROWTH AND [YIELD OF SESAME SESAMUM INDICUM L.]

M. Prakash*, G. Sathiya Narayanan, B. Sunil Kumar, G. Rajiv
1Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, India
Cite article:- Prakash* M., Narayanan Sathiya G., Kumar Sunil B., Rajiv G. (2025). EFFECT OF FLYASH APPLICATION ON PHOTOSYHNTHESIS, GROWTH AND [YIELD OF SESAME SESAMUM INDICUM L.]. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 48(2): 105-112. doi: 10.5958/j.0976-058X.48.2.018.

ABSTRACT

Field experiments were conducted to study the effect of seed pelleting with flyash at different concentrations ranging from 200 to 300g per kg of seed on growth, gas exchange parameters and seed yield in sesame. Observations on growth and yield parameters viz., plant height, number of branches, number of leaves, leaf area, dry matter production, root length, root weight, number of capsules, number of seeds per capsule, 1000 seed weight, seed yield per plant and gas exchange parameters viz., net photosynthetic rate, leaf temperature, stomatal conductance and intercellular CO2 were recorded. Rhizosphere population of bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes and azospirillum were also estimated. Based on the results, it is found that sesame seeds treated with flyash @ 250 g,kg-1 with rice gruel recorded the increased seed yield  (Trial I -  11.867 g/plant and Trial II -  12.31 g/ plant) due to increase in growth and gas exchange parameters.

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