Germination of different soybean cultivars at different soil water potential as a function of time Jajoria Mahesh1*, Kausadikar HK2, Patil VD2, Sethi Indubala1, Dhama Digvijay2 1Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, Jaipur303329Rajasthan, India 2Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani431402Maharashtra, India *Email for correspondence: mahesh.bunti@gmail.com
Online Published on 07 May, 2022. Abstract A lab experiment was conducted during 2014-15 in the department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, Maharashtra using six different soybean cultivars (JS-335, MAUS-71, MAUS-158, MAUS-162, MAUS-504 and MAUS-609) to study the germination of soybean varieties under two moisture levels of 50 and 100 per cent field capacity different soil water potential as a function of time. The experiment was laid out on clayey soil with six treatment combinations (soybean cultivars). Amongst all soybean varieties, MAUS-71 and MAUS-158 showed complete germination within 60 hours under 50 per cent field capacity. MAUS-162 and MAUS-609 showed complete germination within 36 hours under 100 per cent field capacity where optimum soil moisture was available for germination. The germination was more centralized between 20 to 36 hours in varieties under 100 per cent field capacity moisture level. Top Keywords Seed, Soybean, Germination, Moisture, Time function. Top |