National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Cinnamomum tamala, commonly known as the Tejpat, Malabar leaf or Indian bay leaf is a promising medicinal tree species of India. Being aromatic and having immense medicinal benefits, its leaves are widely used in culinary preparations as well as ayurvedic medicines. The exhaustive collection methods of this tree for various purposes have imposed a serious threat on the natural occurrence of this species. So to conserve this species through quality nursery production, the present study was planned with the objective to standardize the method of pre sowing seed treatments in Cinnamomum tamala. It was observed that soaking of the C. tamala seeds for twenty four hours in water resulted in highest per cent germination (77.6%), which was significantly higher than all the other treatments. This was followed by treatment of seeds with warm water at 80º C (62.4 %). The other growth parameters such as root length (9.5 cm), shoot length (10.8 cm), collar diameter (1.9 cm) and plant weight (1.26 g) were also found to be highest in the plants germinated from the seeds soaked in water for 24 hours.
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