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| Title: | Impact of soil oxygenation on seed quality of chickpea (Cicer arietinum Linn. cv. ‘vijay’) under organic farming condition |
| Authors: | Thakare, Utkarsha
Patil, Neelam
Malpathak, Nutan |
| Keywords: | Biochemical constituents
Chickpea
Cicer arietinum
Enzyme activity
Minerals
Organic farming
Oxygenated peptone
Yield |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl. (2011.01)- A61K 36/00, A01C 3/00 |
| Abstract: | Pot culture
experimentation was carried out on chickpea (Cicer arietinum Linn. cv.
‘vijay’) at P.G. Research Center, Department of Botany, Tuljaram Chaturchand
College, Baramati, using oxygenated peptone (2g/pot) as soil aerator. This
treatment enhanced root system with increased length and biomass of root
exhibiting increased absorptive area. This led to increase in total nitrogen,
total phosphorous and total potash in root, stem and leaf. The treatment also
increased accumulation of manganese, calcium and magnesium in root, stem and
leaf, while zinc content was found to be decreased in root as well as in stem
and it was stable in leaf. Interestingly, iron content was enhanced in leaf and
root while it showed decrease in stem. The copper content was increased in
root, stable in stem and decreased in leaf. The treatment resulted in early
flowering and early maturity. There was increase in pods/plant as well as fresh
wt and dry wt of 100 pods. The same is seen in seeds. The biochemical
constituents of seed like total solids, ash, total acids, moisture content and
crude fibre showed significant increase. The treatment also had an upper hand
in soluble proteins, total carbohydrates and ascorbic acid under experimental
condition. This indicated better nutritional quality of experimental seeds. The
activity of enzymes like catalase, peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase was at
higher level under the treatment condition. It is concluded that treatment of
oxygenated peptone is useful for the qualitative and quantitative enhancement
in chickpea under organic farming condition. |
| Page(s): | 73-78 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0976-0512 (Online); 0976-0504 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.3(1) [March 2012]
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