Effect of seed pelleting with botanicals on germination and seedling growth of clusterbean under induced saline condition

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Prakash ◽  
S. Pallavamallan ◽  
G. Sathiyanarayanan ◽  
S. Rameshkumar
Keyword(s):  
Seedling Growth ◽  
Prosopis Juliflora ◽  
Pongamia Pinnata ◽  
Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba ◽  
Saline Condition ◽  
Cluster Bean ◽  
Legume Crop ◽  
Vigour Index ◽  
Leaf Powder ◽  
Albizia Amara

Cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.) is an important legume crop. Investigations were undertaken to study the effect of seed pelleting with botanicals viz., Pongamia pinnata, Prosopis juliflora, Vitex nigundo and Albizia amara@ 50, 100, 150 and 200 g kg-1 of seed on germination and seedling growth of cluster bean under induced saline condition viz., EC4, EC8, EC12 and EC16. The experimental results revealed that increased salinity caused harmful effects on germination and seedling growth in terms of germination %, speed of germination, root length, shoot length, dry matter production and vigour index. However, pelleting treatments increased these parameters with more pronounced effect by Pongamia pinnata leaf powder. Higher germination, growth and vigour of seedlings were recorded with Pongamia pinnata leaf powder treatment @ 200g per kg. The next best levels of vigour index was recorded in treatments with Pongamia pinnata leaf powder @ 150g per kg and Prosopis juliflora leaf powder @ 200g per kg only at no salinity and low levels and in high levels of salinity, Albizia amara leaf powder treatment @ 200g per kg performed as the nest best treatment.

Effect of Seed Hardening and Pelleting on Germination and Seedling Attributes of Cowpea under Saline Condition

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Prakash ◽  
S. Maamallan ◽  
G. Sathiyanarayanan ◽  
S. Rameshkumar
Keyword(s):  
Seedling Growth ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Shoot Length ◽  
Saline Condition ◽  
Legume Crop ◽  
Cowpea Seeds ◽  
Matter Production ◽  
Germination Speed ◽  
Vigour Index ◽  
Leaf Powder

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an important legume crop. Investigations were undertaken to study the effect of seed hardening, seed pelleting and combined effect of seed hardening with seed pelleting on germination and seedling growth of cowpea under induced saline condition viz., EC4, EC8, EC12 and EC16. Cowpea seeds were hardened with KCl @ 1%, CaCl2 @ 1% and both KCl and CaCl2 @ 1% and hardened seeds were further pelleted with pungam leaf powder @ 100, 150 and 200 g kg-1 of seed. Observations on germination % and seedling parameters were recorded. The experimental results revealed that increased salinity reduced germination and seedling growth in terms of germination %, speed of germination, root length, shoot length, dry matter production and vigour index. However, hardening and pelleting treatments significantly increased all these parameters at all the levels of salinity when compared to control. Among the treatments, seeds hardened with KCl @ 1 % + CaCl2 @ 1 % and pelleted with pungam leaf powder @ 200 g per kg recorded higher germination % and all the seedling parameters when compared to control and other treatments.

Effect of organic seed pelleting on biometric, biophysical and yield parameters of clusterbean under saline condition

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Prakash ◽  
S. Pallavamallan ◽  
G. Sathiya Narayanan ◽  
S. Rameshkumar
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Intercellular Co2 Concentration ◽  
Co2 Concentration ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Saline Condition ◽  
Biophysical Parameters ◽  
Cluster Bean ◽  
Yield Parameters ◽  
Matter Production ◽  
Leaf Powder

Cluster bean is one of the major legumes cultivated in many parts of the world. However effect of organic seed pelleting in this crops needs more attention nowadays in probem soils like saline soil. Field experiments were carried out with cluster bean cv. Pusa Mausami to study the effect of organic seed pelleting on biometric, biophysical and yield parameters of clusterbean under saline condition. The seeds of cluster bean cv. Pusa Mausami were pelleted with pungam, prosopis, notchi, arappu leaf powders @ 50, 100, 150 and 200 g per kg. From the results, it was found that seed pelleting with pungam leaf powder @ 200 g per kg registered significantly higher values for biometric parameters viz., plant height, number of branches per plant, dry matter production, biophysical parameters viz., photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, intercellular CO2 concentration and yield parameters viz., pod length, number of pods per plant, pod yield per plant, number of seeds per pod, seed yield per plant and hundred seed weight. From the present study, it was concluded that seed pelleting with pungamn leaf powder @ 200 g per kg can be recommended for increased growth and yield parameters in cluster bean under saline conditions.

An Economic Analysis of Cluster Bean Production in Bikaner District of Rajasthan

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Keyword(s):  
Guar Gum ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
The State ◽  
Total Output ◽  
Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba ◽  
Small Farm ◽  
Cluster Bean ◽  
Legume Crop ◽  
Large Farm ◽  
Bean Crop

Cluster Bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L. Taub) commonly known as is a drought and high temperature tolerant Cyamopsis tetragonoloba Guar, deep-rooted summer annual legume crop cultivated mainly in the Kharif season in an arid region and used as animal feed, fodder, green manure and extraction of gum for industrial uses. India is the largest producer of cluster bean and contributes 80 percent of total cluster bean production in the world. Rajasthan is the single largest producer and alone contributed to more than 70 percent of India’s total output. The increased demand for guar gum resulted in a strong escalation of the prices of cluster bean. Looking at the agricultural and industrial importance of this marginalized crop in Rajasthan, particularly realizing the potential in Bikaner district of the state, the present study attempted to analyze the present scenario of the production of cluster bean crops in Bikaner district of the state. A return per rupee invested in cluster bean crop was higher in the small farm (1:1.38) and marginally lowers on the medium farm (1:1.35). Break-even guar production ranged between 4.26 to 5.19 q per ha in small farm, 4.16 to 4.99 q per ha in medium and 3.98 to 4.94 q per ha on a large farm.

Stability Analysis of Yield and Yield Attributing Traits of Promising Genotypes of Cluster Bean [Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.]

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Ravi Teja ◽  
P. Saidaiah ◽  
A. Kiran Kumar ◽  
A. Geetha ◽  
K. Bhasker
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Warm Season ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Cyamopsis Tetragonoloba ◽  
Cluster Bean ◽  
Legume Crop ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Stable Performance ◽  
Gum Content

Background: Cluster bean is originated in India and Pakistan and is characterized as a short day plant. It is a drought tolerant, warm season legume crop, cultivated mainly as rain fed crop in arid and semi-arid regions during rainy season for vegetable, galactomannan gum, forage and green manure. In view of growing demand for its yield, development of new varieties with stable performance over environments is need of the hour.Methods: Twenty five genotypes of cluster bean including one check were evaluated for yield and its attributes in Randomized Block Design with three replications in field investigation during Kharif, 2019 at three agro-climatic Zones of Telangana. G x E interaction and stability analysis of different genotypes across the three environments were worked out as per the model given by Eberhart and Russel (1966).Result: The environments linear were highly significant for all the traits, revealed that the environments were effective in affecting the performance of all the genotypes with respect to cluster bean yield attributing traits. Genotypes IC-9052, IC-10323, IC-10333, IC-103295 and IC-200680 were high yielding and stable under all environments, IC-103295, IC-10323 and IC-9077P1 for higher gum content, IC-10333, IC-28286, IC-103295 and IC-200715 for protein content and genotype IC- 9077-P1 for fibre content were considered as desirable and stable over the environments. The results of the present study could contribute for stable cluster bean varietal improvement in India.

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