Research Article | Published: 01 July 2024

Effect of natural ageing on germination and seedling growth of Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) seeds

Poomaruthai Masilamani, Chandrasekaran Indu Rani and Subramanian Venkatesan

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 47 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 20-23 | 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2024-R9VY2X | Cite this article

Abstract

Experiments were conducted to evaluate the seed longevity period of Palmyrah. The matured fruit branches were selected based on yellow tinge in the stylar region. After manually removing the fruit exocarp and mesocarp, the uniform size seeds were shade dried for fourteen days and stored in ambient condition. The seeds were sown in raised nursery beds containing nursery mixture of red earth, sand and farmyard manure in a ratio of 2:1:1. The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design with three replications of 50 seeds each, sown at monthly intervals up to 18 months. The germination percentage was recorded at 15 days interval till the completion of germination. One year after sowing, the results revealed that fresh seed recorded highest germination of 78.67% followed by one month of stored seed (63.33%), two months of stored seed (53.33%) and nil germination was observed beyond five months of stored seed.

Keywords

Borassus flabellifer, Germination, Seed longevity, Seedling growth

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Masilamani, P., Rani, C.I. and Venkatesan, S., 2024. Effect of natural ageing on germination and seedling growth of Palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) seeds. Indian Journal of Forestry, 47(1), pp.20-23. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2024-R9VY2X

Publication History

Manuscript Received on 11 December 2023

Manuscript Revised on 29 December 2023

Manuscript Accepted on 31 January 2024

Manuscript Published on 01 July 2024

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