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.
