Studies On The Effect Of Soil Amendment Seaweed Fertilizer (Ssf) Of Botryocladia Leptopodia (J.Agardh) Kylin (Red Algae) On Growth And Biochemical Constituents Of Cicer Arietinum (Chick Pea)

Research Article
Yasmin Akhtar , Farha Aziz and Amina Ajmal
DOI: 
xxx-xxxxx-xxxx
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Soil Amendment Seaweed Fertilizer (SSF), Botryocladia leptopodia, Cicer arietinum (Chick pea), Growth Parameters, Biochemical Contents
Abstract: 

Application of seaweed material as soil amendment may uniquely affect soil quality parameters as a result of its chemical characteristics and stimulate growth parameters and biochemical composition of the yield. In this study, the putative benefits of soil amendment red seaweed Botryocladia leptopodia (J.Agardh) Kylin were assessed in Cicer arietinum (chick pea) for crop growth and production. In the present study the plant exhibited highest seed germination (93.3%), shoot length (18.74cm), fresh weight (0.566 mg/g fr.wt) and moisture content (0.6713mg/g fr. wt) chlorophyll a (0.942mg/g fr.wt ) chlorophyll b (0.371mg/g fr.wt ) total chlorophyll content (1.285 mg/g fr.wt ) carbohydrate content (16.8 mg/g fr.wt) and protein content (15.53 mg/g fr.wt ) at lower concentration (10%) and in some cases 5% concentration of SSF showed stimulatory effect and 20% concentration shows inhibitatory effect.