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Enhancement of Seed Germination by Pre-sowing Seed Treatments and Growing Media in Berberis lycium Royle

Author: Sachin Verma*, Uday Kumar, Jayashree Behera and Vimal Chauhan

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Abstract

Berberis lycium (Kashmal) an evergreen shrub generally grows in Himalayan region, every part of this plant used in various medicinal preparations due to presence of berberine in rhizomes has marked an antibacterial effect and raw product used in various pharmaceutical industries. Due to its hard seed coat, seed remained dormant for long time results poor germination as now on the plant is on vulnerable stage just about to getting endangered. Therefore present study evaluates various pre-sowing seed treatment to reduce dormancy period and enhance germination viz. Immersion of seeds in hot water, H2SO4 and cow urine for different time interval which was later grown on Soil, Sand, Soil+Sand (1:1), Soil+Sand+FYM (1:1:1) out of which immersion of seeds in cow urine for six hours grown on Soil+Sand+FYM (1:1:1) medium resulted maximal seed germination (65.33%) while the minimal germination (33.33%) was observed on control (untreated seeds) grown on soil medium.

Keywords

Regeneration, germination, potting mixture, propagation.

Conclusion

The seeds treated with cow urine for 6 hours (T4) and subsequent sowing in germination media consisting of Soil+Sand+FYM in ratio 1:1:1 (M4) proved most effective by exhibiting maximum germination percent (65.33%). The least germination percent (33.33%) was shown by control (T1) with germination media consisting only of soil (M1). In nursery conditions, seeds treated with cow urine for 6 hours and subsequently sown in germination media consisting of Soil+Sand+FYM in ratio 1:1:1 outperformed all other treatments for germination parameters.

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How to cite this article

Sachin Verma, Uday Kumar, Jayashree Behera and Vimal Chauhan (2022). Enhancement of Seed Germination by Pre-sowing Seed Treatments and Growing Media in Berberis lycium Royle. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(1): 1119-1122.