EFFECT OF SEEDNUT PRESERVATION METHOD ON GERMINATION PATTERN IN COCONUT

摘要

The seednut (12 months old) after harvest are not immediately planted in the nursery but are generally stored in shade for about a month till the husk becomes dry. Shade curing facilitates speedy and maximum germination (Thamban, 1982). But if the storage period exceed six weeks, germination is delayed (Child, 1964). However, when the situations are not conducive for immediate sowing of seednuts, the seednuts have to be preserved for long time (3 to 6 months) till the favourable situation arises. John and Narayana (1942) suggested preservation of seednuts in fine dry sand and this storage had no bad effect on the viability of seednuts or the quality of seedlings.