Volume: 35 Issue: 4
Seed germination potential in Sida cordifolia Linn.– A medicinal flannel weed from Indian arid zone
Year: 2013, Page: 154-158, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v35i4.Raghav
Received: April 23, 2013 Accepted: Dec. 28, 2013 Published: Dec. 31, 2013
Sida cordifolia is an important medicinal plant of the Indian Thar desert. The present study deal s with the eval uation of seed germination and seedling growth behaviours of S. coedifolia under controlled (in-vitro) and natural (in-vivo) conditions. Results revealed that seeds require a scarification pretreatment of 30 minutes with concentrated H2SO4 to obtain maximum germination. Maximum seedling quality index (SQI) values were obtained when seeds were sown at 0.5 cm depth in 2:2:1 soil mixture ratio of sand: clay: FYM.
Keywords: Germination value, Indian arid zone, Seed germination, Sida cordifolia, Vigour index
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Asha Raghav, Pawan K Kasera. 2013. Seed germination potential in Sida cordifolia Linn.– A medicinal flannel weed from Indian arid zone. J Med Aromat Plant Sci 35: 154-158.
