Preliminary studies on the effect of nanoparticle seed treatments on seed quality attributes and yield in chickpea

Nanotechnology is a novel and emerging approach that can be utilized in the agriculture sector for biotic abiotic stress management, disease detection, nutrient absorption. Various metal oxide nanoparticles such as zinc, titanium, silicon oxides were found to have positive effect on seed quality attributes various crops. Therefore, study was carried out chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with objective of including germination, seedling growth, vigour yield. The seeds dressed infused each nano bulk forms zinc oxide, titanium dioxide@ 50, 100, 250, 500 750 ppm along two controls i.e. untreated thiram treated (recommended package practices) evaluated parameters yield attributes. revealed significantly highest radicle emergence percentage, germination length, index-I, index-II, dehydrogenase enzyme activity, field per plant, lowest electrical conductivity recorded dry formulation form ZnO nanoparticle at concentration 250 ppm, pathogen infection percentage TiO2 100 insect infestation observed ZnO@ compared both controls. conclusion drawn from most effective treatment enhancement chickpea.