Research Article | Published: 01 March 2007

Seed maturity indices of sandalwood (Santalum album L.) in Himachal Pradesh

R. K. Nayital, Rahul Sharma, Tara Chand and Naresh Kumar

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 14 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 41-44 | 2007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2007-0Z95P1 | Cite this article

Abstract

An investigation was carried out to determine the exact maturity stage in Santalum album. The results revealed that the moisture content and specific gravity decreased with the advancement of maturity. At maturity, moisture content and specific gravity came down from 50.29 to 35.79 per cent and 1.11 to 1.09, respectively during Season I. Whereas, in Season II, the fall in the respective values was from 55.88 to 34.28 per cent and 1.07 to 1.03, respectively. At this stage the colour of the fruits was red and grayish purple. Among the different collection dates, 4th week of April (Season I) and 1st week of November (Season II) were found best as they gave the maximum germination percentage and germination value during Season I (55.44% and 12.13%, respectively) and Season II (64.00% and 12.17%, respectively). Fruits/ seeds collected from trees having 10-15 cm diameter gave excellent germination than other trees with 5-10 cm and >15 cm diameter.

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Nayital, R.K., Sharma, R., Chand, T. and Kumar, N., 2007. Seed maturity indices of sandalwood (Santalum album L.) in Himachal Pradesh. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 14(1), pp.41-44. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2007-0Z95P1

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Manuscript Published on 01 March 2007

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