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.