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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 3
First page : (554) Last page : (560)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8169

Ameliorative Effect of Sodium Nitroprusside and Trichoderma on Morpho-Physiological Character of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Genotypes under Drought Stress

Khushboo Gupta^1* , Padmanabh Dwivedi² and Pooja^3
1Research Scholar, Department of Plant Physiology, ²Professor, Department of Plant Physiology,
³Research Scholar, Department of Agronomy
Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: lovablekhush98@gmail.com
Received: 13.06.2020  |  Revised: 21.06.2020   |  Accepted: 26.06.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Chickpea is very important food legume also it is the good source of carbohydrate (48.2-67.6%), starch (41-50%), protein (12.4-31.5%), fat (6%) as well as nutritionally important minerals. It is also used as a rotation crop as of its nitrogen fixing property. Drought stress is one of the most important abiotic stress disturbing plant growth and productivity worldwide. Grain legumes, in general, and chickpea, in particular, as compared to cereals seem to have more sensitivity towards drought stress. The present study was carried out during 2015-2016, in order to estimate drought tolerance in two chickpea genotypes (susceptible and tolerant), under both control and drought conditions and various parameters were recorded. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. Drought stress is created by applying PEG 10%. PEG 10% reduced most of the morpho-physiological attributes, but plants could sustain up drought stress when SNP and Trichoderma alone or in combination given.

Keywords: Drought stress, Chickpea, SNP, Trichoderma.

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Cite this article: Gupta, K., Dwivedi, P., & Pooja (2020). Ameliorative Effect of Sodium Nitroprusside and Trichoderma on Morpho-Physiological Character of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Genotypes under Drought Stress, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(3), 554-560. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8169