Rainfed wheat as affected by cycocel, ascorbic acid, and gibberellic acid seed treatments
1990
Bhat, M.L. | Sen, A. | Misra, N.M. (Banaras Hindu Univ., Varanasi (India). Institute of Agricultural Sciences)
A study was conducted to investigate the effects of cycocel (CCC), ascorbic acid (AA), and gibberellic acid (GA3) seed treatments on some physiological traits and grain yield of wheat. Seed was soaked in three different concentrations of each growth-regulator. The field trial was conducted for two winter seasons under rainfed conditions. Physiological traits were measured during the booting/heading stage. Relative water content (RWC), leaf moisture, total chlorophyll content, stomatal aperture length, leaf area, and grain yield were increased, while transpiration was decreased by the treatments over the control. The effects were greater with higher concentrations of the chemicals. The highest RWC, leaf moisture, chlorophyll content, stomatal aperture, length, and grain yield (30 more than control) and the lowest transpiration rate were recorded with the 1500 ppm CCC treatment
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