Research Article | Published: 01 June 2016

Effect of Seed Treatments and Potting Medium on Seed Germination and Associate Parameters in Critically Endangered Litsea glutinosa (Lour.)

Naseer Mohammad, Ankur  Dahayat and Yogeshwar  Mishra

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 39 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 111-115 | 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2016-CKUCS8 | Cite this article

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of different seed treatment and soil media on germination percentage and associate parameters in Litsea glutinosa during May to June, 2013 at vegetative multiplication nursery of Genetics and Plant Propagation Division of Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh). Data on daily seed germination from twenty treatment combination was recorded and used for estimation of germination percentage, germination energy (%), energy period, germination value and peak value of mean germination. Critical perusal of analysis revealed that seed treatment with ‘Water+200 ppm GA3’ was resulted in positive effect on all the characters studied i.e. germination percentage, germination energy, energy period, germination value and peak value of mean germination. Whereas, potting mixture of ‘1/3 Sand+1/3 FYM+1/3 Soil’ revealed positive effect on all the characters studied among all the potting mixture tried.

Keywords

Litsea glutinosa, Seed Germination, Growth Medium, Seed Treatment, Critically Endangered

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Mohammad, N., Dahayat, A. and Mishra, Y., 2016. Effect of Seed Treatments and Potting Medium on Seed Germination and Associate Parameters in Critically Endangered Litsea glutinosa (Lour.). Indian Journal of Forestry, 39(2), pp.111-115. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2016-CKUCS8

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