Effect of different seed treatment on seed germination of custard apple (Annona squamosa L.)

Abstract

The present investigation entitled “Effect of different seed treatment on seed germination of Custard apple (Annona squamosa L.)” was carried out during the year 2023-24 in the shed net of Horticulture Research farm at Pt. Kishori Lal Shukla College of Horticulture and Research Station, Rajnandgaon, (C.G.). The investigation was framed in Completely Randomized Design and replicated thrice with eleven treatments. Among the different pre-sowing seed treatments, T5 (GA3 400 ppm soaking for 24 hours) showed significant impact on minimum days to germination (17.60 days) and maximum germination percentage (87.44%), length of shoot (7.54, 15.00 and 24.64 cm), number of leaves per seedling (9.95, 12.75 and 14.60), girth of stem (2.60, 3.54 and 3.86 mm) at 60, 90 and 120 DAS respectively, length of seedling (39.64 cm) at 120 DAS, respectively as compared to rest of the other treatments. While T0 Control (Distilled water) gave the minimum values for all the parameters measured.