Germination of tiessa (Pouteria campechiana [H.B.K.] Bachni) and caimito(Chrysophyllum caimito Linn.) for a forest rehabilitation project

• Main Author: Go, Helen Grace V.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Germination; Fruit trees; Seeds > Viability; Plant physiology; Forests conservation; Biodiversity; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Forest Biology; Forest Management
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1470
• Institution: De La Salle University

The breaking of seedcoat at the radicle end of both caimito (Chrysophyllum caimito Linn.) and tiessa (Pouteria campechiana [H.B.K.] Bachni) seeds had significantly hastened their germination. Using this pre-germination technique, it took and average of 14 days for caimito, and 34 days for tiessa see...