Research Article | Published: 01 March 2006

A comparative study on the effect of transplanting in nursery and poly bags on early seedling growth of Cedrus deodara Royle Ex D.Don

Virendra Singh, V. K. Sah and S. K. Lavania

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 29 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 21-24 | 2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2006-7IJGOM | Cite this article

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to compare the effect of transplanting on early seedling growth of Cedrus deodara in nursery and poly bags. The germination of seeds in different growing media showed that humus medium collected from deodar forest gave significantly higher germination than nursery soil or a mixture of Soil + Sand + FYM. The transplanted seedlings in nursery beds performed better than in poly bags. However, non-transplanted seedlings raised in nursery soil showed significantly good growth than in poly bags. The comparison of transplanted seedlings in nursery and poly bags showed that transplanting in nursery beds resulted in significantly better growth. The seedlings raised in nursery.

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Singh, V., Sah, V.K. and Lavania, S.K., 2006. A comparative study on the effect of transplanting in nursery and poly bags on early seedling growth of Cedrus deodara Royle Ex D.Don. Indian Journal of Forestry, 29(1), pp.21-24. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2006-7IJGOM

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Manuscript Published on 01 March 2006

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