Research Article | Published: 25 March 2018

Effect of Chilling Treatment and Different Growth Media on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth Performance of Picrorhiza kurrooa: An Endangered Medicinal Herb

Dharam Chand Attri, Mohan Chandra Nautiyal, Vijay Laxmi Trivedi and Jyoti  Sati

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 25 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 57-62 | 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2018-LU4UF8 | Cite this article

Abstract

An experimental trial was conducted to access the impact of cold stratification and different growth media on seed germination and seedling growth performance of Picrorhiza kurrooa under ex-situ conditions at lower altitude. The experiment was carried out in CRD (Completely Randomized Design) with 20 treatments, three replications and 60 seeds per treatment. Influence of growth media on seed germination was measured by thirteen parameters. Parameters such as minimum and maximum days required for initial (8.00±1.00) and final (28.67±2.08) germination was observed in T10 (Soil+Sand+Azotobacter+Cocopeat) and T18 (Soil+FYM+Cocopeat+Rockphosphate+Vermicomposte). The maximum germination percentage (83.33±8.82%), plant height (2.50±0.10) and number of shoots (3.67±0.58) were recorded in T5 (Soil+Sand+FYM+Moss). The maximum number of leaves (9.00±3.46), leaf length (1.53±0.35), leaf width (0.93±0.15), shoot length (2.70±0.26), number of roots (4.33±2.31) and root length (2.63±0.15) was found significantly superior  in T18 (Soil+FYM+Cocopeat+Rockphosphate +Vermicomposte).

Keywords

Chilling Stratification, Growth Media, Picrorhiza kurrooa, Seeds, Endangered

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Attri, D.C., Nautiyal, M.C., Trivedi, V.L. and Sati, J., 2018. Effect of Chilling Treatment and Different Growth Media on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth Performance of Picrorhiza kurrooa: An Endangered Medicinal Herb. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 25(1), pp.57-62. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2018-LU4UF8

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