INFLUENCE OF PRE-SOWING TREATMENTS ON SEED GERMINATION IN LESSER KNOWN TREE- KAMALA [MALLOTUS PHILIPPINENSIS (LAM.) MULL. ARG.]Payal D. Thumbar, L.K. Behera, R.P. Gunaga, A.A. Mehta, S.A. Huse and C.A. DholariyaAbstract The present trial was conducted at College of Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat during 2022 to know the influence of pre-sowing treatments on seed germination in Mallotus philippinensis. The trial consisting of 14 treatments and 3 repetitions and laid out in a Completely Randomized Design in the nursery condition. Among various pre-sowing treatments, soaking seeds in normal water for 12 hrs + soaking seeds in GA3 solution @ 50 ppm for 60 min (T9) recorded maximum germination (48.67 %), mean daily germination (1.62), peak value of germination (2.58), germination value (4.18) and germination rate index (3.69) whereas minimum mean germination time (12.78) was exhibited by soaking seeds in normal water for 12 hrs + soaking seeds in GA3 solution @ 100 ppm for 60 min (T10). So, soaking seeds in normal water for 12 hrs + soaking seeds in GA3 solution @ 50 ppm for 60 min (T9) was found best pre- treatment for germination and this treatment can be useful for large scale seedling production of M. philippinensis. |