Authors : Megha Bhambri
Page Nos : 61-67
Description :
Seed germination, seedling emergence and survivorship of seedlings are affected by various factors. Sowing media is one such factor, which have significant impact on seedlings quality and yield of any crop. An experiment was designed to determine appropriate sowing media for sowing Ammi majus L. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of planting media on seed germination, emergence and survival of seedlings of Ammi majus L. Three different sowing media i.e., Growth mixture (sand: cocopeat: vermicompost in 1:1:1 ratio) (T1), Sand (T2), Soil (T3) were compared with control (H2O) and evaluated. The best germination and survival percentage was exhibited by growth mixture, 71% and 66% respectively followed by sand, water(control) and soil respectively. The rate of germination was fastest in the case of growth mixture which achieved its maximum germination by 2nd week. Garden soil showed slowest rate of germination and took about three weeks for total germination (58%) to occur. The statistical analysis has revealed that Growth mixture exhibited a statistically significant accretion of over 12.69% in germination and 10% in survival percentage over control/ water. Hence growth mixture (equal parts of sand, cocopeat and vermicompost), was found to be most suitable germination media.
