Effects of Cashew Seeds Storage Duration on Germination and Performance of Seedlings in Tanzania

• 作者: Abdallah R. Makale Fortunus A. Kapinga Kasinga N. Ndibanya Wilson A. Nene
• 来源期刊: 美国植物学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 经济
• 关键词: CASHEW Storage Period Seeds Germination Growth Vigor
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（11）
• 页码范围: 1784-1796
• 页数: 13页
• 分类号: F43

摘要

A field trial was set in 2018/2019 season to investigate </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">capacity of cashew seeds to germinate and its vegetative performance with respect to </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">storage </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">period at Agricultural Research Institute-(TARI-Naliendele), Mtwara-Tanzania.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> The variable investigated was </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">duration of </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">cashew seeds storage period. Cashew seeds were harvested at polyclonal seed gardens (PSG) for three har</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">vesting seasons 2016, 2017 and 2018 consecutively;seeds were sorted, weighe</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">d and soaked before sowing to test viability in respective to storage time. Using </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">a </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">randomized complete block design obeying factorial approach the experiment was laid with three replications. The observed growth parameters were height (cm), number of leaves, leaf length (cm), leaf width (cm), leaf area (sq cm), leaf area index (LAI), canopy diameter (cm) and seedlings canopy ground area (sq cm). </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The a</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">nalysis was done by using GenStat under Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT) on seed germination. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The findings indicated that cashew seeds harvested in 2018 were the superior in both germination and growth vigor differing significantly (p</span></span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><sp