Research Article | Published: 01 December 2006

Seed maturation indicators in Bauhinia retusa Ham. in Kumaun Central Himalayas

Lalit Upadhayay, R. P. Singh, Ashish Tewari, Swati Bisht and Shruti Shah

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 29 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 367-371 | 2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2006-CC6L1C | Cite this article

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to ascertain the regeneration potential and pod/seed maturation time in Bauhinia retusa. The pods of the species were collected from two locations. The change in pod colour from green to dark red and the seed colour from green to whitish brown is a useful indicator of maturity. Other indicators of maturity appear to be change in pod size, seed size and moisture content of seeds. When mean pod size ranged between 72.17± 0.45 and 75.05±0.25 and seed size between 3.5 ± 0.19 and 3.70 ±0.22 maximum germination occurred. The seed moisture content was 41.48 ±3.03% at Site-1 and 40.65 ± 1.05% at Site-2, which coincided with maximum germination.

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Upadhayay, L., Singh, R.P., Tewari, A., Bisht, S. and Shah, S., 2006. Seed maturation indicators in Bauhinia retusa Ham. in Kumaun Central Himalayas. Indian Journal of Forestry, 29(4), pp.367-371. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2006-CC6L1C

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Manuscript Published on 01 December 2006

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