Drought and delayed planting are among factors that affect crop productivity. Seed priming is amongst mitigative strategies for tackling the latter factors. No sufficient data is available on the impact of planting season, irrigation regime and seed priming on chickpea when grown in temperate climates of Lorestan province, western Iran. This study was aimed at studying the effect of planting season and irrigation regime on six chickpea genotypes and the best seed priming treatment for seed production of ‘Hashem’ chickpea genotype under field conditions. In a preliminary laboratory experiment a 10-h priming treatment was found to be appropriate for obtaining the greatest germination percent and velocity. Two field studies were conducted in 2013 each comprised of two experiments, one autumn-sown and the other spring-sown. In field experiment1, primed and non-primed seeds of ‘Hashem’ genotype were sown in autumn and spring and subjected to four irrigation levels (irrigation after 75, 100 and 150 mm evaporation from a justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 70.1pt; mso-line-height-alt: .9pt" Keywords : hydro-priming, planting season, chickpea, grain yield, water use efficiency
