Abstract:
The aim of this research was to check the performance of seed priming of Chickpea with Gibberellic acid under drought stress. Chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.) are legumes that belong to the Fabaceae family and subfamily Faboideae. It is also known as ceci, cece, channa, or bengal gramme. Because of its high protein content, chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.) are a significant pulse crop grown all over the world. Gibberellic acid improves seed performance and provides faster and synchronized germination. Phytohormones stimulate plant tissues to start plant responses that control growth. Gibberellic acid is a large class of crucial diterpenoid acids involved in a variety of plant developmental processes, including germination, eradication of dormancy in seeds, stimulation of cell division. One of the most important and biologically active gibberellin-like proteins is GA3, along with GA1 and GA4. Two varieties of chickpea were collected from Ayub Agriculture Research Institute (ARRI) Faisalabad, Pakistan. Seeds were grown in pots. The experiment was comprised of two chickpea cultivars, i.e., V1: Noor 2019 and V2: Noor 2013, two water levels, i.e., D1 50% field capacity till maturity. D0 normal irrigation and three treatments of seed priming with Gibberellic acid, i.e., G0 No priming, G1: 10 µM, and G2: 20 µM. The whole experiment was comprised of 12 treatments and four replicates. Morphological parameters, i.e., plant height, shoot length, root length, shoot fresh weight (g), root fresh weight (as well as yield attributes such as the total number of flowers on plants, total number of pods per plant, and total grain yield. Physiological and biochemical parameters such as the total number of soluble sugars, the total number of soluble proteins, electrolytic leakage, catalase, peroxidase, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and carotenoids will be assessed. The experiment will be laid out in a completely randomized design. The data has been analyzed by Analysis of variance (which was carried out by using Fisher’s analysis of variance technique and differences among the treatment means has been compared using least.
Page(s):
147-147
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Abstract Book on Second International Conference on Recent Approaches in Plant Sciences (RAPS-23) 4-5 May 2023 , Volume: 0, Issue: 0, Year: 2023
Keywords:
drought stress
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Chickpea
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Gibberellic acid
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Seed priming