Germination Behavior of Fiber Species of Himalayan Nettle (<I>Girardinia Diversifolia</I>) in Different Altitude

S. R. Baloch; Lokho Puni; Priya Sati; B. P. Tamta; Attar Singh

doi:10.36808/if/2014/v140i4/48017

Germination Behavior of Fiber Species of Himalayan Nettle (Girardinia Diversifolia) in Different Altitude

Authors

S. R. Baloch Division of Non-Wood Forest Products, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Lokho Puni Division of Non-Wood Forest Products, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Priya Sati Division of Non-Wood Forest Products, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
B. P. Tamta Division of Non-Wood Forest Products, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Attar Singh Division of Non-Wood Forest Products, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2014/v140i4/48017

Keywords:

Fiber, Himalayan Nettle, Nursery Technology, Management Practices

Abstract

Laboratory as well as field study was conducted on the one year old seed of Girardinia diversifolia during May 2010. Seeds were first moistened for 48 hrs and thereafter subjected to warm and cold treatment for 1 to 4 week duration. 0 Seed thereafter were put to germination test in Petridis plates on germination paper at 25 C in seed germinator. Germination was recorded after 15 days and continued up to 30 days. In field condition in green house result indicated that at low altitude site has intermediate philological dormancy and seed germination per cent was 25.8% can be overcome at natural site of Girardinia diversifoliawere average germination per cent in different soil media were 52.6% after 4 week.

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