Abstract Hospital wastewaters are produced in large volumes Pakistan (?362–745 L/bed.day) and discharged without proper treatment. They widely used by farmers for crop irrigation induce a phytotoxic effect on plant growth. The study was conducted to evaluate the of untreated treated hospital wastewater seed germination fodder Trifolium alexandrinum (Berseem clover) food Solanum lycopersicum (to...

Four genotypes of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) were taken for investigation to know their response towards chromium stress. On the basis of seedling growth vigour index and dry weight, the genotypes JS 355 and P 1 were found tolerant to chromium stress when compared to the other genotypes. The tolerant genotypes had shown higher proline contents in their shoots.

Pulses play an important role in Indian diet due to higher protein content. Among the pulses, green gram (Vigna radiata L.) is one of leguminous crops with high nutritional value, short growing period and soil fertility restoration by biological nitrogen fixation. Drought stress major constraints for pulse production which negatively affects its growth production. The present experiment was per...

Priming is one of the most common methods of improving seed quality. The aim of this experiment was to study the effects of hydroand osmopriming on the germination, vigour and hydrolytic enzymes (α-amylase, β-glucosidase, exopeptidase and lipases) activity of zinnia (Zinnia elegans Jacq.) seeds. Seeds of three cultivars: Jowita, Kirke and Orys, and Z. elegans fl.pl., a mixture of cultivars (Mix...

The breeding of wheat with greater early vigour has potential to increase water- and nutrient-use efficiency, as well as to improve weed competitiveness to raise crop yields profitably. Given that wheat is inherently conservative in its early growth, a sustained breeding effort was initiated to increase genetically seedling leaf area in developing novel high vigour germplasm. A recurrent select...

Study was undergone to evaluate the efficacy of floatation grading on seeds Amaranthus Cv. PLR 1 using organic solvents in Department Seed Science and Technology, TNAU, Coimbatore during March 2023.The experiment laid out Completely Randomized Design with four replications each five treatments. We considered viz., Acetone, Methanol, Dichloromethane Petroleum Ether along water observed seed reco...

Background: Accelerated ageing causes seeds to deteriorate that affect the seed quality of groundnut seeds. Seed deterioration will cause metabolic and chemical changes viz., lipid peroxidation autoxidation, leading loss membrane integrity enzyme activities. These are associated with reduced germination vigour. Methods: The cv. VRI 8 was subjected for accelerated at 40oC 100% RH upto 11 days ev...