National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Mimusops elengi is commonly planted as an ornamental tree throughout the tropics. Seeds can be stored for 9 months and there is 2000 seeds/kg. The study was taken up with an objective of enhancing germination in this species through various physical, chemical and organic sources as the main problem of delay in germination in this species as the number of days taken for germination is in a wider range of 17-82 days. The seeds were collected from trees grown in central farm, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, India, geographically located at 9o54’ N latitude and 78o54” E longitude at 147m above mean sea level, and were graded in to two categories based on colour of seeds into Black and Brown coloured seeds. Seeds were given treatments including hot and Cold water inundation, Acid scarification, GA3 and organic sources like cow’s urine and dung for a specified duration to hasten germination. From the study it is observed that germination in Mimusops elengi can be improved through cold water soaking for 6 hours with a germination percent of more than 80 % and germination in this species started by 33rd day of sowing and continued up to 80 days with a peak on 48th day.
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