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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 7, Issue:12, December, 2018

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2018.7(12): 1972-1980
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.712.227


Effect of Different Seed Scarification Treatments on Seed Germination Parameters of Ber (Ziziphus rotundifolia Lamk.) under Laboratory Conditions
Vikas Sheoran1, Mukesh Kumar2*, B.S. Yadav2*, Gulshan Yadav1 and J.R. Sharma1
1CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar- 125004 (Haryana), India
2*CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Regional Research Station, Bawal (Rewari)-123501 Haryana, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

The study was undertaken to extrapolate the effect of different seed scarification treatments on seed germination parameters of ber (Ziziphus rotundifolia Lamk.) in the laboratory Department of Seed Science and Technology, CCS HAU, Hisar. There were 14 treatments of seed scarification i.e. sulphuric acid soaking for 5 min and 10 min, gibberellic acid soaking @ 250 ppm for 12 hrs and 24 hrs, gibberellic acid soaking @ 500 ppm for 12 hrs and 24 hrs, potassium nitrate soaking @ 1% for 12 hrs and 24 hours, potassium nitrate soaking @ 2% for 12 hrs and 24 hrs, water soaking for 24 hrs and 48 hrs, mechanical scarification and control. Among the different scarification treatments, gibberellic acid @ 250 ppm for 24 hours performed best in term of viability (74.7%), germination (15.3%), normal seedlings (15.33%), maximum stem length (12.28cm), root length (11.12cm), seedling length (23.40cm), dry weight per seedling (167.00mg), vigour index I (366.7) and vigour index II (2616.9) of ber in between paper method under lab conditions.


Keywords: Ziziphus rotundifolia, Germination, viability, Vigour index, Seedling evaluation, Sowing

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Vikas Sheoran, Mukesh Kumar, B.S. Yadav, Gulshan Yadav and Sharma, J.R. 2018. Effect of Different Seed Scarification Treatments on Seed Germination Parameters of Ber (Ziziphus rotundifolia Lamk.) under Laboratory Conditions.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 7(12): 1972-1980. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.712.227
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