+44 330 818 7254Ajiboye A.A and D. A Agboola
A study on the effect of coconut milk and Bryophyllum pinnatum milk extracts on four tree seed species namely: Tamarindus indica, Albizia lebbeck , Parkia biglobossa and Prosopis africana were investigated. The viability test of the seeds was equally carried out using HACH viability test meter. About 80-100 % range of germination percentage were recorded for the seeds. The research revealed how the seeds were favorably disposed to the use of the botanicals in order to enhance its germination by showing a percentage range of 80-100% germination. It was however recorded that the seeds treated as control showed a minimal level (10-20%) of percentage germination under the same experimental conditions. This method of raising seedlings from dormant seeds using botanicals may give raise to raising seedlings in order to promote a forestation, and also as one of the tools that could be used to combat problems of global warming. This method could also serve as a replacement for using some corrosive and expensive chemicals such as hydrogen tetraoxosulphate (VI) acid (H2S04) for terminating dormancy in seeds with matured embryo.
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