Effect of pre-sowing seed treatments on growth, yield and seed quality in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill].

摘要

Field performance of five pre-sowing treatments was evaluated in Hardee and KHSb-2 during kharif 2001. Dry dressing with calcium hypochlorite @ 2 g/kg seed, osmoconditioning with PEG 6000 and Rhizobium inoculation @ 40 g/kg seed recorded significantly early emergence, days to 50% flowering (53), days to maturity (103), higher values of plant height (40 cm), plant stand (82), dry weight of plant at harvest (41 g), number of seeds per plant (126), seed yield per hectare (24.98 q), seed recovery per cent (92%) and harvest index (0.54) than chemoprimed treatments.