Research Article | Published: 01 March 2009

Effect of ecofriendly seed treatments on germination of Mimusops elengi L.

Ramakrishna Hegde, K. B. Sridhar, K. Barun, P. B. Srinath and N. L. Suresha

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 32 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 69-70 | 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2009-JJ51TF | Cite this article

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of locally available eco-friendly material for breaking the dormancy in Mimusops elengi Linn. At College of Forestry Ponnampet. Among the different seed treatments hot water treatment gave significantly higher germination over other treatments. Lowest germination was observed in mechanical seed coat breaking. Both germination value and germination energy was found maximum in hot water treatment and minimum in mechanical treatment.

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Hegde, R., Sridhar, K.B., Barun, K., Srinath, P.B. and Suresha, N.L., 2009. Effect of ecofriendly seed treatments on germination of Mimusops elengi L.. Indian Journal of Forestry, 32(1), pp.69-70. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2009-JJ51TF

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Manuscript Published on 01 March 2009

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