“ASSESSMENT OF GERMINATION BEHAVIOR AND PRIMARY PLANT-HOST RELATIONSHIP OF Santalum album L. IN JUVENILE STAGE”
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2023-09-05
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DEPARTMENT OF FOREST BIOLOGY AND TREE IMPROVEMENT COLLEGE OF FORESTRY BANDA- 210001, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
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Sandalwood (Santalum album L.) is indigenous to India and belongs to the family
Santalaceae. The Santalum species generally raised for large scale commercial plantation as
well as for the forest. The main source of raising Santalum seedling its seed which difficult
to germinate and required different pre-sowing treatments, Sandalwood seeds are
impermeable to water causes poor germination. Sandalwood is recognized as hemi-root
parasite and 70% of seedling are able to established haustoria with suitable host in the early
days of emergence, seed pre-sowing treatments and combination with host plants have a
significant impact on germination and seedling growth therefore, Experiment was conducted
in the departmental nursery of college of forestry in 2022-23 at Banda district ,Seeds were
collected from the Shivmogga forest division, Karnataka and treated with the different
treatments which includes plant growth regulators such as –GA3(500, 1000 ,15000 ppm ),
Kinetin(40,60 ppm), NAA(400 ppm), Cow urine (1:1), Cow dung slurry(1:1), Concentrated
H2SO4 (2%,3%), And Hot water (60 minute). Among all the treatments seeds treated with
GA3 -1500 ppm recorded maximum germination percentage (43.667), Followed by GA3
1000 ppm as compared to others treatments use during the experiment , In other experiment
primary plant host relationship was studied with Cajanus cajan, Mentha arvensis, Ocimum
sanctum, Alternanthera ficoidea (Green), Alternanthera ficoidea (Red) , Clerodendrum
inerme L, Among all the combinations the maximum growth was found with the Cajanus
cajan (Arhar) 300.22mm ,The effect of pot mixture also studied during the experiment and
maximum growth was found with the following Soil + Sand + Vermicompost (2:1:1) , Soil
+Sand + Vermicompost ((1:2:1), Red soil +Sand +Vermicompost (2:1:1), Soil + Sand +FYM
(1:1:1), Soil + Sand + FYM (2:1:1).
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Suneel Shukla (2023) “Assessment of Germination Behavior and Primary Plant-Host Relationship of Santalum album L. in Juvenile Stage” Thesis M.Sc. (Forestory), DEPARTMENT OF FOREST BIOLOGY AND TREE IMPROVEMENT COLLEGE OF FORESTRY BANDA- 210001, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA