DETERMINATION OF BEST COMBINATION OF BIOFORTIFICATION AND HYDROPRIMING FOR YIELD AND ITS QUALITY PARAMETERS IN CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum L.)

The present study were carried out in the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, NDUAT, Faizabad during rabi season 2014-15 and 2015-16 entitled “standardization of biofortification and hydropriming for enhance seed yield and its quality parameters in chickpea (Cicer arietinum l.)” The objective of the study was assessing the comparative performance of yield and quality. The 27 treatments of bio-fertilizers and seed priming for chickpea variety (Pant G -186) were evaluated following 13 quantitative characters viz., Field emergence (%), Days to 50% flowering, plant height, number of branch/plant, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, harvest index (%), seed index (g), grain yield (kg/ha), biological yield, seed yield per plant (g). The treatment (Rhizobium 12g+HP 16 hr) was found best in plant height, number of branch, days to 50% flowering, number of pods plant , number of seeds pod, biological yield, harvest index, seed yield plant, seed yield kg ha, seed index and. While, (PSB10 g +HP 16hr) was found in maximum Field emergence and days to maturity. The treatment (Rhizobium 12g+HP 16 hr the best treatment for chickpea variety on the basis of seed yield and seed quality. These finding are based on six months experiment, further experiments are to substantiate for this results.