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Seed storage behaviour in Berberis aristata

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Title Seed storage behaviour in Berberis aristata
 
Creator MUKHOPADHYAY, DEBARATI
CHAUHAN, J C
PARIHAR, S S
DADLANI, MALAVIKA
 
Subject Berberis aristata, Intermediate seeds, Orthodox seeds, Recalcitrant seeds, Seed storage
 
Description Berberis aristata DC (of Berberidaceae) is commonly known as Daruharidra or Daruhaldi. It is one of the mostvaluable medicinal plants in Indian system of medicine. No information is available on seed morphology, dormancy andseed storage behavior of the species which is required for conserving the seeds in seed banks. Therefore an experiment was conducted with seed lot collected from Almora, Uttarakhand. Studies were conducted on seed germinability (using germination tests) and seed viability (using topographical tetrazolium chloride test) in relation to desiccation and chilling tolerance using a factorial combination of four moisture content (5, 7, 10 and 12% moisture content in seeds on fresh weight basis), three storage temperatures (seeds stored in ambient condition, at 15°C and at –20°C) and five storage periods (0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months). Perusal of data revealed that no significant loss in germination was observed in seeds with 5 and 7% moisture content under ambient as well as other storage conditions, suggesting that seeds of Berberis aristata are desiccation as well as chilling tolerant and exhibited orthodox seed storage behavior. The seeds are ideal for ex situ conservation in seed banks/ gene banks for a longer period.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2013-03-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/28347
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 83, No 3 (2013)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/28347/12865
 
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