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Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 42 issue 4 (december 2008) : 278-282

PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HARDENED AND PELLETED SEEDS OF BAJRA AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON PRODUCTIVITY UNDER RAINFED CONDITION

C. Menaka, K. Vanangamudi
1Department of Seed Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, India

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Cite article:- Menaka C., Vanangamudi K. (2024). PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HARDENED AND PELLETED SEEDS OF BAJRA AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON PRODUCTIVITY UNDER RAINFED CONDITION. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 42(4): 278-282. doi: .

ABSTRACT

An experiment was conducted to know the efficacy of seed hardening and pelleting treatments
on physiological and biochemical characteristics of bajra (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) seeds
and on the productivity under rainfed condition. All the seed hardening and pelleting treatments
enhanced the quality of seeds by modifying physio-chemical properties of seeds. Among the different
treatments tried, seed hardening with 0.1ppm brassinolide for 6 h, excelled others in improving
germination (96 per cent), drymatter production (5.6 mg seedling-1), vigour index (538), a–amylase
activity (8.8 mm) and chlorophyll content of seedlings (1.49 mg g-1) under laboratory condition and
grain yield (2518 kg ha-1) under rainfed condition.

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