Field Performance of Pigeonpea with the Calcium Chloride as Seed Priming Technology in NICRA Village of Kalaburagi District, Karnataka, India

Abstract:

Field experiments were conducted NICRA (National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture) project implemented village Melakunda (B) of Kalaburagi district to study the influence of seed priming with CaCl2 (2%) in pigeonpea growth, yield and quality parameters during 2018-19 under rainfed condition. The result reveals that, seed priming with CaCl2 (2%) recorded higher Plant height, Number of branches, Total number of pods, Number of seed/pod, 100 seed weight, Seed yield and higher seed quality parameters like seed germination, root length, and field emergence compared to control under drought condition.