Research Article | Published: 01 December 2005

Germination behaviour of different biotypes of seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.)

Virendra Singh, H. Nayyar, R. K. Gupta and Rajesh Uppal

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 12 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 209-213 | 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2005-F9YR53 | Cite this article

Abstract

The germination behaviour of seeds of 11 natural populations of Hippophae rhamnoides and 1 each of H. salicifolia and H. tibetana growing in cold desert and high altitude region of Himalayan State of Himachal Pradesh, was studied. The seeds of Seabuckthorn growing in arid region of Spiti showed better germination rate (98-100%) than those of semi-arid region of Lahaul (21-97%). Among the species, H. tibetana showed a maximum rate of seed germination (100 %) followed by H. rhamnoides (21.0-100.0%) and H. salicifolia (37.0%). After 14 days, biotype of H. tibetana attained the maximum length of 8.71 cm, significantly higher than those of H. rhamnoides (4.3-6.5 cm) and H. salicifolia (3.7 cm). Seedlings of all the biotypes had longer shoots than roots, with the exception of H. tibetana.  Seeds with brown colour, oval, ovate and oblong shapes showed better growth than the cylindrical, elliptical, with the exception of H. tibetana. In general, seeds of medium to large size had better growth than the small seeds.

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Singh, V., Nayyar, H., Gupta, R.K. and Uppal, R., 2005. Germination behaviour of different biotypes of seabuckthorn (Hippophae L.). Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 12(4), pp.209-213. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2005-F9YR53

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