Effect of dormancy breaking treatments on germination in glory lily tuber

Abstract

Tuber is the propagating material of glory lily. The sprouting of tubers is irregular and in a period of 30 days they sprout to an extent of 60%. A pot culture study was conducted at Department of Seed Science and Technology during August 2015 with six treatments along with control. Results revealed that tubers treated with GA3 500 ppm with the soaking duration of 15 min showed early sprouting (3.3 days) and higher germination (98%).