Agriculture Extension in Developing Countries (AEDC) 1(1) (2023) 38-42 Quick Response Code Access this article online Website: www.aedc.com.my DOI: 10.26480/aedc.01.2023.38.42 Cite the Article: Most. Sabiha Yesmin, Md. Shafiqul Islam Sikder, Md. Sohidul Islam, Md. Mahfuzul Hasan and Nayan Chandra Howlader (2023). Effect of Organic Seed Priming on Yield and Yield Attributing Traits of Chickpea (Cicer Arietinum L.) In Drought Prone Area. Agriculture Extension in Developing Countries, 1(1): 38-42. ISSN: 2990-9279 (Online) CODEN: AEDCAH RESEARCH ARTICLE Agriculture Extension in Developing Countries (AEDC) DOI: http://doi.org/10.26480/aedc.01.2023.38.42 EFFECT OF ORGANIC SEED PRIMING ON YIELD AND YIELD ATTRIBUTING TRAITS OF CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum L.) IN DROUGHT PRONE AREA Most. Sabiha Yesmina*, Md. Shafiqul Islam Sikdera, Md. Sohrab Hossaina, Md. Mahfuzul Hasanb and Nayan Chandra Howladerb aDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur-5200, Bangladesh bDepartment of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh *Correspondence Author Email: sabihasumoni234@gmail.com This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ARTICLE DETAILS ABSTRACT Article History: Received 23 October 2023 Revised 15 November 2023 Accepted 09 December 2023 Available online 14 December 2023 The goals of this study are to evaluate the suitable variety and priming method and find out the interaction effect of seed priming and variety for maximization of chickpea yield and yield attributes at drought-prone region. The Agronomy Research Plot of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh led this experiment during November 2021 to April 2022 following randomized complete block design with three replications. The experiment had two factors: (A) two chickpea varieties, V1= BARI Chola-10 and V2= BARI Chola-11, and (B) five priming treatments, P1= Control (No priming), P2= Hydropriming, P3= Alovera leaf extract, P4= Azadirachta indica leaf extract, and P5= Moringa olifera leaf extract. It was manifested that BARI Chola-10 (V1) exhibited the superior performance in the yield and yield attributing traits subjected to no. of pods plant-1 (5.62), no. of seeds plant-1 (2.18), 1000 seeds weight (207.8 g), grain (1.76 t ha-1), stover (2.71 t ha-1) and biological yield (4.48 t ha-1). In varied priming treatments, P5 (Moringa olifera leaf extract) produced the most grain yield (2.07 t ha-1), whereas control (P1) produced the least (1.35 t ha-1). The maximal stover yield was 2.72 t ha-1 with Moringa olifera leaf extract and the lowest was 2.40 t ha-1 without priming. The treatment combination V1P5 performed best in extent of grain (2.13 t ha-1) and stover yield (2.83 t ha-1) whereas the minimum seed yield (1.30 t ha-1) and stover yield (2.26 t ha-1) were recorded from V2P1 treatment combination. BARI Chola-10 (V1) primed with Moringa olifera leaf extract (P5) improved chickpea yield in the study region. KEYWORDS Cicer arietinum, Drought-prone, Organic seed priming, Yield, Moringa olifera 1. INTRODUCTION In a scenario of steady economic development, agricultural demand is predicted to rise by 50% from 2013 to 2050 as the global population approaches 10 billion (FAO, 2017). Food and nutritional security for a growing population in the face of global climate change requires a second green revolution. Due to their low production cost and symbiotic nitrogen fixing, grain legumes are the best choice. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under the family of legumes, Fabaceae is a staple crop worldwide, notably in Afro-Asia. It is an excellent storehouse of carbohydrate and protein, and its protein quality is superior than other pulses. Chickpeas contains calcium, zinc,