Effects of Indole Acetic Acid and Kinetin on Physiological and Biochemical Properties of Two Cultivars of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus Caja. L)

Author(s): Ailenokhuoria B. V, Orimadegun I. O

Pigeon pea is one of the most widely tropic and subtropic legumes grown for its seed. It is a lesser known legumes for improving health and nutrition of man, but limitation in utilization of this legume was as a result of low yield and, poor seed availaibity in addition to the presence of high amount of antinutrients and hard-to-cook phenomenon’ The present study was performed to know the effects of Indole acetic acid and Kinetin on the physiology and biochemical properties of pigeon pea. Seeds of Pigeon pea of two cultivars (CAJ324-15& CYJ728-42) were treated with 10mm & 20mm of Indole acetic acid (IAA) & Kinetin (KIN) either as pre-treatment or foliar treatment respectively. They were harvested at maturity and analysed for physiological (Chl a, Chl b and carotenoid, Number of seed/pod, Plant height, Fresh weight and Dry weight) and biochemical (IAA & KINETIN) properties. The results shows that there is significant difference in all the parameters examined as compared with control between the two varieties