STUDIES ON SYNCHRONISING SEED GERMINATION IN RED SANDERS (<em>PTEROCARPUS</em> <em>SANTALINUS</em>)

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  • Tamilarasan C
  • Renganayaki PR
  • Vijayalakshmi KP
  • Nagendra MS

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Seed dormancy breaking, manual clipping, phenol content, leaching, GA3 soaking, improved germination

Abstract

Pterocarpus santalinus is valued for its heavy, dark claret-red heartwood which possesses indomitable challenges in seed propagation. This study was conducted to improve seed germination in red sanders. Seeds and fruits were collected from the elite trees of Vellore district, Tamil Nadu to elicit information on the pod, seed germination and its improvement methods. Freshly collected and harvested seeds had poor germination (33%) with germination period ranging between 14 to 53 days. The poor and staggered germinability of red sander was due to the presence of phenolic compounds and hormonal imbalance in pod and seed respectively. Significant increase in germination percentage with reduced germination period was observed when seeds were soaked for 48 hours and changing the water every 12 hours, followed by soaking in 500 ppm of GA3 for 12 hours. These combination of soaking the red sander seeds in water followed by GA3 can be employed for early synchronised higher germination

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Published

2020-01-29

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C, T., Renganayaki PR, Vijayalakshmi KP, & Nagendra MS. (2020). STUDIES ON SYNCHRONISING SEED GERMINATION IN RED SANDERS (<em>PTEROCARPUS</em> <em>SANTALINUS</em>). Journal of Tropical Forest Science (JTFS), 32(1), 066–071. Retrieved from https://jtfs.frim.gov.my/jtfs/article/view/125

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