Effect of Pre-sowing Treatments on Seed Quality and Field Performance of Brinjal Hybrid Cv. Arka Navneet (Solanum melongena L.) Satishkumar, Basegowda, Sharankumar*, Shivakumar Department of Seed Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad -580005, Karnataka, India *E-mail: aosharankumar@gmail.com
Online published on 8 May, 2013. Abstract A field experiment was conducted at Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad during rabi, to study the effect of different pre-sowing treatments on seed quality and field performance in brinjal hybrid. The field experiments were laid out in a randomized complete block design. All pre-sowing treatments recorded significantly higher seed quality, growth and yield parameters over control. However, GA3 (200ppm) recorded significantly higher fruit yield (15.76 t/ha) than the other pre-sowing treatments except KN03 (2%), Cytozyme (0.5%) and PEG 6000 (-1.0MPa). Similarly initial seed quality, growth and yield components were significantly higher in GA3 (200ppm) whereas control recorded significantly lower seed quality, growth and yield parameters. Top Keywords Brinjal Hybrid, Seed Treatment, Quality, Seed Yield, Pre-Sowing, Germination. Top |