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Table 4. Effect of different concentration on germination
Concentration of solution (dSm-1)
Parameters
0
3
6
9
12
15
LSD (0.05)
Germination –GP (%)
57.44
52.71
43.77
24.17
18.29
11.37
11.28
Mean Daily Germination-MDG (%)
5.32
4.45
4.98
1.64
1.29
0.57
3.14
No. of days to complete germination-GT
3.53
5.06
4.67
6.48
5.53
5.73
1.21
Peak value of germination-PV
8.87
10.20
7.38
3.58
2.33
0.90
2.32
Germination value-GV
58.95
46.04
45.11
6.72
4.04
0.92
6.89
Table 5. Concentration of solution on germination
Table 6. Effect of different concentration on germination in
poly bags
Prove-
Concentration of solution on Germination
Concentration of solution (dSm-1)
nances
GP
MDG
GT
PV
GV
Parameters
LSD
0
3
6
9
12
15
(0.05)
Sagar
36.11
3.69
5.00
4.61
29.24
Germination-
56.22 44.33 34.33 17.33 15.71 13.64 11.58
GP (%)
Jabalpur
33.19
3.56
3.00
4.25
21.61
Mean
Daily
Germination- 1.03 0.54
0.58 0.26 0.23 0.22 0.60
Raipur
23.06
1.07
6.33
2.21
3.64
MDG (%)
No.
of
days
Nagpur
31.25
3.63
5.17
4.83
21.34
to
complete
10.93 8.33
6.64 7.13 7.00 6.45 2.14
germination-
Akola
43.75
4.59
4.00
7.50
48.41
GT
Peak value of
Khandwa
51.64
3.65
5.50
7.83
40.43
germination- 1.40 0.60
0.65 0.26 0.39 0.23 0.58
PV
Ujjain
39.72
2.54
6.50
8.31
25.87
Germination
1.82 0.41
0.49 0.09 0.07 0.05 0.32
Shajapur
33.75
2.16
6.50
3.91
12.55
value-GV
solution, the seeds were placed between two layers
Bhopal
31.94
3.22
4.83
5.46
23.67
of moist germination paper in 15 cm diameter glass
Guna
48.31
5.07
4.50
8.75
55.59
petri dishes. The seeds or seedlings in petri dish
were watered daily with solutions of respective
Jhansi
16.50
0.96
5.83
5.17
7.17
EC. The germination paper was changed at two
Bharatpur
35.28
3.13
5.67
6.75
35.89
days interval to avoid fungal growth on the seeds.
All the petri dishes were kept in seed germinator,
Jaipur
46.80
4.57
5.00
7.45
62.25
maintained at temperatures between 28°C to 30°C,
Rewari
25.27
2.21
5.83
3.82
11.18
till the completion of germination.
Similar experiment was conducted in poly bags to
Karnal
24.17
1.61
3.83
2.27
5.61
test the effect of salinity on germination and growth
LSD (0.05) 8.40
1.20
2.21
2.05
16.68
of seedlings under field conditions. Poly bags were
filled with the sandy and FYM (Farm Yard Manure)
in the ratio of 1:1 and saturated with saline solutions
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