Germination and seedling growth of yemane (Gmelina arborea roxb.) as affected by different soil media

• Main Author: Prado, Daniel L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1996
• Subjects: Germination; Growth (Plants); Trees > Seedlings; Gmelina arborea; Plant-soil relationships; Soil amendments; Plants > Nutrition; Plant growing media
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1384
• Institution: De La Salle University

Seventy (70) seeds were sown in different soil media namely: (1) Ordinary Garden Soil (OGS), (2) OGS + Sand, (3) OGS + Sand + BIOTAB, (4) OGS + BIOTAB, (5) OGS + 5g NPK, (6) OGS + 4g NPK, and (7) OGS + 3g NPK. After a 42 - day observation period, the highest mean percent germination of 97 percent was noted in seeds planted in OGS, OGS + BIOTAB, OGS+ 3g NPK. The lowest mean percent germination noted was 93 percent in the seeds sown in OGS + 5g NPK. No significant differences were observedSeedlings grown in OGS+BIOTAB, OGS + 5g NPK, and OGS + 4g NPK had significantly higher number of leaves and greater root/shoot ratio compared to the seedling grown in the other substrates. No significant differences were observed in plant height (cm), leaf area (cm), and percent N of leaf tissue in the seedlings grown in all of the soil media.