Effect of Thiourea and Salicylic Acid in Enhancing Growth and Phenology of Mungbean (vigna Radiata (l.) R. Wilczek) for Quality Seed Production
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Under Kharif sowing, the mung bean production area is drastically decreasing due to various environmental constraints.The crop faces frequent water-logging and drought due to the uneven rainfall distribution due to climate change.This climate change effect leads to a drastic change in phenology and quality seed production.PGR has the potential to alleviate the devastating effect of biotic stress and abiotic stress, as evident from a study concluded on various field crops.Besides that, due to variation in environmental factors, endogenous hormone level fluctuates, which leads to phenological changes in plants and also deteriorates the seed quality.Hence, we tested our hypothesis that exogenous application of Salicylic acid and thiourea will maintain endogenous hormone levels, which maintains source-sink balance and hence seed quality under Kharif sown condition.The research revealed that thiourea @250 ppm leads to enhanced seed germination and vigor due to enhancement in Seed germination (85.33%),Seed vigor index -I (2836.98)and Seed vigor index -II (1.90) with respect to 86.19%, 183.01%and 4.39% superiority over control, respectively.This proves our hypothesis.Hence, thiourea @250 ppm is recommended to mung bean growing farmers for better growth, development and enhanced seed quality under Kharif sowing.
Source: PLANT ARCHIVES
Authors: Parikha Prakash Singh, R. Shiv Ramakrishnan, Gyanendra Tiwari, Abhishek Sharma, Shailendra Sagar Prajapati
Institution: Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4403266617