COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SPENT WASH AND WATER SEED PRIMING ON GERMINATION AND EARLY GROWTH TRAITS OF SORGHUM (Sorghum bicolor L.)

Since long the real farming community has been facing the issue of low crop production. To overcome this issue many techniques have been introduced. Seed priming is one of them. Therefore, this study was carried out in complete randomized design (CRD) with three replications and four treatments. The seed of sorghum variety Sarokartuho was primed for two hours before sowing with four treatments including unprimed/un-soaked (control), primed in drinking water, spent wash with prepared concentrations of 50% and 100% respectively. The results indicated that water seed priming has significant effects on seed germination %( 60.67%), root length (6.25 cm,) shoot length (8.36 cm) as well as root-shoot weights. The maximum shoot fresh weight (0.22 mg per plant) and root fresh weight (0.02 mg) were recorded under seed priming with water.