Channaveerswami, A.S.Gollara, Annaiah2021-11-062021-11-062016-06https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810177775Pot experiments were conducted to find out the nursery management techniques in hippe (Mahua indica) at Biofuel Information and Demonstration Centre (BIDC), Hanumanamatti, University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad during kharif - 2015 and were laid out in RCBD. Among different nursery mixtures, composition of red soil + white sand + vermicompost in 1:1:1 proportion (T8) recorded significantly higher values of normal seedlings (74.25 %) and germination (90.25 %) with significantly minimum abnormal seedlings (4.00 %), dead seeds (5.75 %) and hard seeds (16.00 %). This treatment also recorded significantly maximum root length of 16.70 cm, shoot length of 16.54 cm, seedling length of 33.23 cm, highest seedling dry weight of 15.31 g/10 seedlings, seedling vigour indices-I value of 2997, seedling vigour indices-II value of 1381 and also significantly highest germination rate index (2.41) was recorded at 45 days after sowing compare to other treatments. Among different pre-sowing treatments, seeds dipping in conc. H2SO4 for 1 min (T6) recorded significantly higher values of normal seedlings (80.00 %) and germination (84.00 %) with significantly minimum dead seeds (5.80 %) and hard seeds (4.00 %). This treatment also recorded significantly maximum root length of 16.78 cm, shoot length of 16.16 cm, seedling length of 32.93 cm, highest seedling dry weight of 16.19 g/10 seedlings, seedling vigour indices-I value of 2772, seedling vigour indices-II value of 1357 and also significantly highest germination rate index (3.39) while significantly minimum abnormal seedlings (6.00 %) observed by control at 45 days after sowing compare to other treatments.EnglishThesis