Volume : 6, Issue : 9, September - 2017

Managing growth parameters using different seed dressers

Pratibha B. Lakhani, Pooja D. Manjre, Yogesh Ingle

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Chickpea (</span><i style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Cicer arietinum</i><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> L.) is an important food legume crop. In Maharashtra it ranks 2</span><sup style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">nd</sup><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> in area, 3</span><sup style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">rd</sup><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> in production. 10.51 lakh hector area is under the cheakpea crop. Production of cheakpea is 8.15 lakh tones and 775 kg/hector. This crop is cultivated on large scale in Maharashtra. Due to cultivation of chickpea in large areas it is attacked by several pathogens. Soil borne pathogens like </span><i style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Fusarium, Sclreotium</i><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> and </span><i style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Rhizoctonia</i><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> is major constraint to chickpea production in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Yield reductions results from post emergence death of seedling and weakening, wilt, root rot as well as premature death of infected plants. Growth of plants is affected due to attack of pathogens. All these parameters are controlled by using different seed dressers having combinations of different chemicals such as </span><i style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Mancozeb ,Carbendazim,Carboxin,Thiram</i><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">, and biological agents ie. </span><i style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Trichoderma.</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">This paper contains analysis of variance between treatment effects of different seed dressers on seed of Chickpea to get most effective combination of seed dressers with respect to the growth of the plant. Hence to control growth of chickpea, different seed dressers are used.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>