Influence of Seed Priming on Growth, Yield and Fodder Quality of Pearl Millet Cultivars

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Influence of Seed Priming on Growth, Yield and Fodder Quality of Pearl Millet Cultivars

Muhammad Zeeshan Nadeem¹, Muhammad Farrukh Saleem¹*, Muhammad Ashfaq Wahid¹ and Muhammad Anwar ul Haq²

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan; ²Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan.

*Correspondence | Muhammad Farrukh Saleem, Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan; Email: [email protected]

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Figure 1:

Weather data for the two growing seasons.

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Figure 2:

Interactive effect of priming agent and pearl millet cultivars on the leaf area per plant (cm2) at various days intervals; The values reported are means of 3 replicates. Error bars represent standard error of mean (SE). P1 = Control (No-Priming); P2 = Hydro-priming (48 h); P3 = Ascorbate (40 mg L-1); P4 = CaCl2 (100 mg L-1).

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Figure 3:

Interactive effect of priming agent and pearl millet cultivars on the growth and yield attributes; The values reported are means of 3 replicates. Error bars represent standard error of mean (SE). P1 = Control (No-Priming); P2 = Hydro-priming (48 h); P3 = Ascorbate (40 mg L-1); P4 = CaCl2 (100 mg L-1).