Table 1.
Details of genotypes used in the study.
Fig 1.
Imbibition pattern during hydropriming under different set of soaking durations and water volumes.
Fig 2.
Seed moisture content as influenced by soaking time and water volume during hydropriming of wheat.
Table 2.
Analysis of variance (F-value) for effects of genotype, water volume, soaking duration and temperature on germination characteristics, seedling growth and vigour indices in wheat seeds.
Table 3.
Main effects of genotype, water volume, soaking duration and temperature on standard germination (%) and germination speed of hydroprimed wheat seed.
Fig 3.
Interactive effects of water volume and soaking duration of hydropriming on germination characteristics of wheat seed.
Table 4.
Main effects of genotype, water volume, soaking duration and temperature on seedling growth characteristics in hydroprimed wheat seed.
Fig 4.
Interactive effects of water volume and soaking duration of hydropriming on seedling growth characteristics in wheat.
Fig 5.
Interactive effects of water volume and soaking duration of hydropriming on seedling biomass in wheat.
Table 5.
Main effects of genotype, water volume, soaking duration and temperature on seedling biomass in hyroprimed wheat seed.
Fig 6.
Interactive effects of water volume and soaking duration of hydropriming on seedling vigour indices in wheat.
Table 6.
Main effects of genotype, water volume, soaking duration and temperature on seedling vigour indices of hydroprimed wheat seed.
Table 7.
Assessment of different treatment combinations on the basis of Hydropriming Optimization Score (HPOS) in primed wheat seed.
Table 8.
Correlation of water exposure index and moisture content with germination and seedling vigour parameters.
Fig 7.
Germination characteristics as affected by period of drying in case of on-farm priming (surface dried) and conventional priming (dried back to original moisture content) of wheat seed.
Fig 8.
Comparison between on-farm priming (surface dried) and conventional priming (dried back to original moisture content) with respect to seedling growth parameters of wheat.
Fig 9.
Comparison between on-farm priming (surface dried) and conventional priming (dried back to original moisture content) with respect to seedling growth parameters of wheat.
Fig 10.
Seedling vigour as affected by period of drying in case of on-farm priming (surface dried) and conventional priming (dried back to original moisture content).