STUDIES ON THE GERMINATION AND SEEDLING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAVANNA PALM TREES
STUDIES ON THE GERMINATION AND SEEDLING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAVANNA PALM TREES
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Date
2005-02
Authors
SALISU, MUHAMMAD TAHIR
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Abstract
The research was conducted to determine the most effective physical and
Sulphuric acid treatment suitable for faster germination in four indigenous
Savanna Palm trees; Borassus aethiopum, Hyphaene thebaica, Phoenix reclinata
and Raphia sudanica. From the four species studied, result of analysis of
variance indicated that there was a significant difference among average days for
germination, percentage germination and average height (P < 0.05). Seeds of
the four species were found to have mechanical dormancy due to hard seed
coats. Treatment with concentrated Sulphuric acid induced germination only in
Hyphaene and to a lesser extent in Borassus. All treatments had significant
effects on parameters tested on the four species, except in Borassus where there
was no significant effect on percentage germination. The Savanna Palms were
shown to exhibit a cryptogeal type of germination, which took place in two
stages: (i) preparatory germination (ii) germination proper.
Description
A Thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the ward
of Masters Degree In Science Educational Biology.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, FACULTY OF
SCIENCE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY. ZARIA, NIGERIA.
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STUDIES,, GERMINATION,, SEEDLING,, CHARACTERISTICS,, SAVANNA,, PALM TREES