Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Parvin Banu A, K Sujatha, R Geetha and P Kannan

Abstract:
Seed coating with biomass derived biochar has potential to overcome moisture, nutrients and hormonal constraints on initial and early germination and growth. An experiment was conducted with different bioinoculants viz., Rhizobium, Phosphobacteria, Potash Releasing Bacteria along with biochar to study the effect of biochar coating on seed quality and biochemical properties and evaluated for its quality and biochemical parameters under laboratory condition. The results revealed that among the treatments, biochar coating @ 200 g/kg of seed performed well and increased the seedling growth, vigour and biochemical parameters.