Influence of Seed Enhancement on Seed Growth and Yield Parameters in Paddy cv. IR 64

Abstract

The experiment was conduct to investigate the influence of seed enhancement on growth and yield in paddy plants in during 2021-2022 at Department of Agricultural Engineering, Rathinam Technical Campus in Coimbatore. Paddy cv. IR 64 was used for these experiments. Under experiment, various inorganic and organic treatments such as 1% CaCl2, 1% KCl, 1% KNO3, 1% NaCl, 10% Cow dung, 3% panchakavya were applied to investigate growth and yield in rice seedlings. Among all hardening techniques, seed hardening with 1% CaCl2 showed the performances. Seed hardening with 1% CaCl2 increased in seed quality, growth and yield when compared to control. Therefore this study concludes that seed hardening with 1% CaCl2 be employed for better crop growth of rice.