Vol.6 : Number 9
Influence of moisture stress and seed test weight on seed germination behavior and seedling growth in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Author(s): Susmita Ranjan, Shailesh Kumar


The most common control for wheat production is lack of availability of water in low rainfall and poorly irrigated areas. In this experiment we selected variety HD 2967 of (lot-1, lot-2, lot-3) different showing to test their influence of drought stress & seed test wt. on germination behavior & seedling growth. The experiment was conducted in vitro condition using chemical PEG 6000 & in normal control condition. In this experiment, measured some physiological parameters like germination rate, seedling vigour, root & shoot length, seedling length, fresh wt., dry wt., test wt., Drought tolerance index, Relative water content, chlorophyll stability index using DSMO, SPAD chlorophyll meter reading. After experiment, Lot 2 was superior among all three lot, however seeds having higher test wt. (harvest of nov. sown crop).

Key Words: Moisture Stress, Seed Germination, Test Weight, Triticum aestivum L.


Country: India