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Research article SEED GERMINATION STUDIES ON LOPHOPETALUM WIGHTIANUM ARN. - AN EVERGREEN SPECIES OF THE WESTERN GHATS.

The germination and storage behavior of Lophopetalum wightianum Arn. has been studied. It is an invariable component of Myristica swamps and a riparian species. Experiments on germination, viability, germination speed, germination energy cumulative daily total number of seeds were carried out. Initial moisture content (MC) was 15.7 ± 0.3. Germination was initiated from the second day and germination percentage was highest in the seeds kept on first day (84.37±2.5). Germination percentage gradually decreased with increase in days. After 30 days the moisture content was 9.21± 0 and there was there was no germination.

G. Krishnakumar | K. Keshavachandra

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