A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of selenium priming on growth and productivity of maize at Agronomy Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Maize seeds were primed with different concentrations of selenium (0, 5, 25, 50 and 100 JlM) while untreated seeds were taken as control. Results showed that seed priming with all levels of selenium improved the germination parameters, growth and yield of maize. Seed priming with 50 JlM of selenium recorded maximum grain yield (2.35 t ha- 1) while minimum (1.66 t ha-1) grain yield was observed in case of untreated seeds (control). Further research should be carried out to find out mechanisms of growth and yield improvement of maize as a result of seed priming with selenium.

• Sardar Alam Cheema(Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture) Corresponding authors
• Asmat Ulllah(Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture)
• Muhammad Farooq(Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture)