Effect of seed pre- treatments on germination and seedling characteristics of teak seed

Abstract

Teak (Tectona grandis L.), is considered as one of the finest and most economically valuable timbers species in the tropics, exhibiting desirable technical and decorative properties. It’s propagated through seeds and the main problem in seed germination limits seedling production. Current study was carried out to find out best germination enhancement pre-treatment. Seeds were subjected to eight treatments in four replications and the experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design. The results showed that mechanically scarified seeds + alternate wetting and drying seven cycle for 7 days resulted in increased more germination of 73.77 percent followed by mechanically scarified seeds + alternate wetting and drying three cycle for 3 days (71.11%) as against 57% in the untreated control treatment.