Effect of Growing Media on Seed Germination attributes in Sterculia urens Roxb. - An Endangered Gum Yielding Tree of Tropical Forest
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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2021/v147i7/153636Keywords:
Sterculia urens, Planting Substrate, Germination Parameters.Abstract
Due to over exploitation coupled with poor seedling recruitment, Sterculia urens Roxb., an economically important gum yielding tree of tropical forest is dwindling in its natural habitat and necessitates its planned cultivation to arrest further shrinkage of its once abundant populations. The right choice of the growing medium is one of the most important factor influencing germination and growth. The present experiment was conducted to screen and indentify suitable media for germination of S. urens. Sand, Soil and mixture of 'Sand+Soil+FYM' in equal proportion were screened following completely randomized design for its effect on final germination percentage and associated parameters. Based on the estimates of final germination percentage (FGP) and associated parameters i.e. mean germination time (MGT), coefficient of velocity of germination (CVG), germination rate index (GRI), germination index (GI), peak value of mean germination (PVMG), time spread of germination (TSG) and energy period (EP), it is concluded that sand is appropriate medium for germinating seed of S. urens in mass scale. It gives highest germination percentage with faster rate resulting in saving of time and nursery resources. Correlation coefficient analaysis among studied germination parameters was also worked out and found that relationship is in agreement with the definitions of respective parameters.References
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