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Legume Research, volume 39 issue 5 (october 2016) : 830-833

Effect of seed hydro-priming and urea spray on yield parameters, yield and quality of lentil (Lens culinaris medikus)

S.K. Das*, K. Jana1
1<p>AICRP on Potato, Directorate of Research, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya,&nbsp;Kalyani- 741 235, Nadia, West Bengal, India.</p>
Cite article:- Das* S.K., Jana1 K. (2016). Effect of seed hydro-priming and urea spray on yield parameters,yield and quality of lentil (Lens culinaris medikus) . Legume Research. 39(5): 830-833. doi: 10.18805/lr.v0iOF.9289.

ABSTRACT

Field experiments were conducted for three years at Pulses and Oilseeds Research Station, Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India during rabi 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 to study the effects of seed hydro-priming and urea spray in lentil. The experiment was laid out in a factorial randomized block design with four replications having ten treatment combinations viz. two levels of seed priming as factor A and five levels of foliar spray of 2% urea solution as factor B. Experimental results revealed that growth, yield attributing characters, yield and seed protein content of lentil were significantly influenced by seed hydro-priming, urea spray and interaction effects of these two factors. Significantly higher seed yield was obtained under the water soaking treatment (1211 kg ha-1) as compared to no soaking (1169 kg ha-1).  Among the foliar spray treatments, two sprays at branching and pod initiation stages recorded the highest seed yield (1271 kg ha-1) of lentil cultivar WBL-58 followed by one spray at flower initiation stage (1236 kg ha-1) irrespective of seed priming.  Among the interaction effects, two sprays at branching and pod initiation along with water soaking recorded the highest seed yield (1295 kg ha-1) followed by one spray at flower initiation along with water soaking (1265 kg ha-1).  Seed hydro-priming and urea spray were found to increase the seed yield of lentil to the tune of 17.9 % and seed protein content by 19% over their non application.

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