Study carried out to see the effect of size of seed and storage temperature on germination of Toona ciliata seeds reveals that the size of the seeds have no significant difference on germination. It was observed that seeds loose their germination when stored at room temperature (18–200C) whereas, at low temperature (6–80C) they maintained 90 % germination up to one year.
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Sharma, P., Thakur, V. and Panwar, P., 2002. Effect of seed size and storage temperature on germination of Toona ciliata seeds. Indian Journal of Forestry, 25(4), pp.420-423. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2002-B79NZK
Manuscript Published on 01 December 2002
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