Chanchithung T. Humtsoe, Neelam Khare, Sandeep Rout* and Ronald Debbarma
College of Forestry, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology & Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA.
Email: sandeeprout1988@gmail.com
Received-06.11.2018, Revised-25.11.2018
Abstract: The present study was conducted to find out the effect of different pre –treatments method on seed germination and seedling growth performance of Golden Shower Tree (Cassia fistula L.) at Forest nursery and Research Centre, SHUATS, Allahabad, India, during the month of June – September 2018. The seeds were pre-treated with different methods such T0– Control, T1– hot water 20 min + soaking in cold water 12 hrs, T2– cold water 24 hrs, T3– IAA 200 ppm 12 hrs, T4– IBA 200 ppm 12 hrs, and T5– Conc H2SO4– 2 Min+ 16 Hrs soaking in cold water and sown in poly bags filled with FYM 2:1:1 at Completely Randomized Design. The results indicated the maximum Germination percentage (78.89), Number of leaves (6.49) at 30 DAS, 7.29 AT 60 DAS, 9.21 at 90 DAS, shoot height (25.25 cm) at 90 DAS, root length (17.77cm), fresh shoot weight (7.27g), dry shoot weight (3.82g), fresh root weight (4.38g), dry root weight (2.78g) and vigour index (121.89) recorded in T5. However T0 Control had no germination. Therefore, the results showed that the best pre-treatment method T5 was more effective in germination and significantly improved the growth parameters as well as the quality seedling of Cassia fistula L.
Keywords: Cassia fistula, Pre-treatment, Seed germination, Seedling growth
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