Improvement of germination in guinea grass (Panicum maximum Jacq.) seeds
Hari Singh; Jagmeet Kaur; Gurmit Singh
Seed Research 23(2): 132-133
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0379-5594
Accession: 002866624
P. maximum seeds were scarified in 70% H2SO4 for 6 minutes, washed, dried and then soaked in 100 ppm gibberellic acid, potassium nitrate, thiourea or gibberellic acid + potassium nitrate. Seed germination was lowest in the control (5%) and highest with scarification + gibberellic acid (80%).
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