Effect of Plant Growth Promoters Application on
Peas Germination and Growth
RITIKA RAMESH MUSALE
1
, ASHISH VASANT POLKADE
2
and SATILAL BHIKA PATIL
1
*
1
Green Vision Life Science Private Limited, Pune, India.
2
Vision Ecologica Private Limited Pune, India.
Abstract
Indian economy is largely influenced by agriculture.The present work
focuses on evaluation of Plant Growth Promoters (PGPs) and fungicides
based products in plant growth and protection. Lab-scale experimental
studies were conducted at Green Vision Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India
during January to March 2018 to estimate germination rate (by defining
physico-chemical parameters like water pH, seed quality, seed conductivity,
hollow heart disease test, blotting test for germination, viability, Root
growth (ANOVA analysis) and plant growth by using different application
methods like drenching, root dipping and spraying. The degree of rooting
and shooting were found to be associated with the applied PGPS type
and concentration. Further the project envisages a comparative analysis
of agricultural products containing PGPs, where ABI4- 0.1% and ABI4
NEW-0.1% (products with higher concentration of PGPs) showing 100%
germination when compared with non-treated plant(control) for plant height,
No. of leaves, root growth and grain weight, conductivity test, hollow heart
test to calculate EEF (Expected Emergence Field). Results of this study
indicates that the PGP
S
and fungicides either commercially available
(procured from market) or lab prepared widens the commercial prospects
of PGP
S
in more concentrations for increasing the agricultural productivity
of other dicot plants thereby increasing the agricultural sector’s input to
India’s GDP through sustainable agriculture methods (promoting biodiversity,
minimizing loss of resources).
Article History
Received: 27 April 2018
Accepted: 10 August
2018
Keywords:
Agriculture,
Conductivity test,
Expected Emergence
Field,
Fungicides,
Germination,
Hollow heart test,
Plant Growth Promoters
(PGPs),
Physico-chemical
parameters.
Current Agriculture Research Journal
www.agriculturejournal.org/
ISSN: 2347-4688, Vol. 6, No.(2) 2018, pg. 200-205
CONTACT Satilal Bhika Patil drpatil@greenvisionindia.com Green Vision Life Science Private Limited, Pune, India.
© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Enviro Research Publishers.
This is an Open Access article licensed under a Creative Commons license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY).
Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.6.2.09
Introduction
Pea (Pisum sativum) - a representative of the dicot
variety; is an annual plant with a life cycle of one
year. It is amongst the four important cultivated
legumes next to soybean, groundnut, and beans
1
.
It is predominant export crop in the world trade.