Surface Drying after Seed Priming Improves the Stand Establishment and Productivity of Maize Than Seed Re-drying.

Noman Mehboob; Waqas Ahmad Minhas; Ahmad Nawaz; Muhammad Shahzad; Fiaz Ahmad; Mubshar Hussain

doi:10.17957/IJAB/15.0625

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Surface Drying after Seed Priming Improves the Stand Establishment and Productivity of Maize Than Seed Re-drying.

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Noman Mehboob Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Waqas Ahmad Minhas Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Ahmad Nawaz College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub-Campus Layyah, Pakistan

Muhammad Shahzad Department of Agronomy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Fiaz Ahmad Department of Agricultural Engineering, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Mubshar Hussain Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Abstract

Good stand establishment and seedling emergence are the drivers of achieving higher cereal productivity. Seed priming offers a pragmatic option to trigger the stand establishment and subsequent growth and yield of field crops. The objective of this study was to compare various seed priming techniques followed by re-drying and surface drying before sowing for improving the seedling emergence and subsequent growth of autumn planted maize (Zea mays L.). The treatments of the experiment were (i) un-primed seed, (ii) osmoprimed seeds (with CaCl2) and (iii) hydro-primed seeds, followed by seed surface drying and re-drying of each priming treatment. Maize hybrid 31-R88 was used as experimental material. The experiment was conducted in pots as well as under field conditions in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. In pot study, all seed priming treatments significantly reduced the mean emergence time and improved the uniformity of emergence. Under field conditions, surface drying of hydro- and osmoprimed seeds was the most beneficial for improvement in time to start emergence and final emergence count than the other treatments. The yield parameters and grain yield was the highest in osmoprimed seeds with surface drying followed by hydro-primed seeds with surface drying. The re-drying of primed seeds was not useful for improving productivity of maize compared with surface drying. In crux, surface drying of primed seed is a pragmatic option to improve the seedling emergence and subsequent growth of autumn planted maize crop.

Publication Details

Page(s) 1283-1288

DOI 10.17957/IJAB/15.0625

Published Journal: International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Volume: 20, Issue: 6, Year: 2018

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