PJB-2024-402
Amelioration of soybean Seeds viability and seedling growth by Nano-priming of Phyto-synthesized nanoparticles
M. Waseem Zulifqar
Abstract
Soybean is a cereal as well as oil seed crop worldwide. Yield potential of the crop is being hampered by various factors. Poor germination is the leading cause of yield reduction. Seed priming is an important technique to boost up the germination percentage. The present research work was executed to probe of the seed priming potentials of some photosynthesized nanoparticles. The nanoparticles were prepared using plant extracts of Azadirachta indica, Eucalyptus globulus and Syzygium cumini and applied as seed priming agents to three soybean varieties; Ajmeri, Faisal and Rawal-1 at different concentrations. Results of the germination percentage of soybean seeds primed with the nanoparticles revealed the germination ranged 74-98% while in case of plant extracts, maximum germination was ranged 70-86%. In case of seedling root length, maximum (9.63 cm) was recorded in soybean seeds of ajmeri variety primed with 80 mg/L of S. cumini nanoparticles while the lowest (6.50 cm) at 60 mg/L of the same plant extract nanoparticles. Plant extracts showed comparatively greater values than the nanoparticles. The value of root fresh weight in case of nano-priming were ranged 0.66-4.98 g comparatively superior over plant extracts i.e. 0.51-4.95 g. Maximum root dry weight (0.49 g) was recorded in case of C1×NP1×V3 whereas lowest mean root dry weight (0.10 g) in case of C1×NP1×V1. The values of other growth parameters were recorded as superior in case of nano-priming than plant extracts seed priming. From the results, it can be concluded that nano-priming of soybean seed can boost up the germination potential leading maximization of the crop yield.
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