Research Article | Published: 01 August 2021

Seed Longevity and Germination Behaviour in Eugenia roxburghii

Sainudeen Muhammed Shareef, Chandrasenan Rajeswary Chitra and Chandran Anilkumar

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 27 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 167-171 | 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2021-Y6J4IO | Cite this article

Abstract

Eugenia roxburghii is an evergreen graceful shrub with a tremendous potential as garden plant. As  a part of ex-situ conservation and popularization of the species, seed longevity was studied by understanding the relationship of seed viability with respect to different moisture contents and storage temperature. Seeds are recognized as recalcitrant, being desiccation as well as chilling sensitive. During hermetic storage, seeds stored at 300C/70%RH retained viability for about 5 months and 4 months in 200C/20% RH. Seeds can be best stored for five months in laboratory conditions.

Keywords

Conservation, Desiccation, Seed germinaion, Storage, Viability, Recalcitrant

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Shareef, S.M., Chitra, C.R. and Anilkumar, C., 2020. Seed Longevity and Germination Behaviour in Eugenia roxburghii. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 27(3), pp.167-171. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2021-Y6J4IO

Publication History

Manuscript Received on 18 February 2021

Manuscript Revised on 01 March 2021

Manuscript Accepted on 06 March 2021

Manuscript Published on 01 August 2021

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