Seed Collection, Extraction and Processing of Important Woody Species of Western Himalayan Region of India

Author: Ranjeet Kumar, Akran Jamwal, Pravin Rawat, Sandeep Sharma and Pitamber Singh Negi

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Abstract

Seed collection is the first and foremost step, which determines the success of any plantation programme. There is a continuous need of plantation programme in forests because of gradual loss of natural forest due to various anthropogenic and developmental activities. The establishment of fully stocked forests will fulfill the diversified needs of local people and reduce pressure on forests. Reforestation through plantation requires a constant supply of high quality seeds and production of quality planting stock. A lot of work has been carried out by various authors on this aspect, but the information is scattered and only focused on a specific part. The present study aimed to review the previous work carried out in this aspect and club information from different sources together to provide complete information at one platform. The information was clubbed together from different sources like published research papers, books, articles and on the basis of personal field experience. Our study provides information on flowering, fruiting, seed collection time and extraction of 37 ecologically and economically important tree species of Western Himalayan region of India. The review paper will be helpful to the academicians, researchers and foresters to provide information on flowering /fruiting time, fruit maturity and right time to collect seeds at fullest maturity followed by appropriate extraction and germination procedure.

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Seed collection, seed extraction, seed maturity, seed viability, Western Himalayan region

Conclusion

The present study aimed to review the previous work on flowering time, fruiting maturity, seed collection, extraction, processing and germination details and club information together and provide an overview on past work done on the given aspects. The present review paper provides all information on flowering, fruiting, seed collection time and extraction for 37 ecologically and economically important tree species of Western Himalaya. The findings will be helpful to the stakeholders to provide information about right time of seed collection, judging fruits on the basis maturity indicators, after collection handling precautions, their extraction and processing along with the seed germination pretreatments. The nursery owners, forest managers and small scale planters can proceed with seed collection program accordingly.

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Ranjeet Kumar, Akran Jamwal, Pravin Rawat, Sandeep Sharma and Pitamber Singh Negi (2023). Seed Collection, Extraction and Processing of Important Woody Species of Western Himalayan Region of India. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(2): 504-513.