Volume 8, Issue 2, September 2014, Pages 252–255
Yashwant Rai1
1 Department of Botany, D.N. College Meerut, India
Original language: English
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Couroupita guianensis is a highly valued species for the humans, soils management, environment and forestry. The tree is found some parts of India but now it is threatened species many areas of the country. Hence, there is an urgent need for conservation of this tree species. The present study was carried out in District Meerut for the period March 2014 to June 2014. The matured, seeds of C. guianensis were collected from Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden Shibpur, Howrah Kolkata, West Bengal. A total 50 seeds were sown in 5 pots containing soil, manure 3:1 ratio. The germination starts seven days after sowing in the month of March. Complete germination within 18 days during the end of March 2014.The total germination percentages were observed 95 % . Germination, seedling growth, number of leaves parameters were recorded at March to June (2014). The results indicate that the status of germination, saplings growth and development of C. guianensis is fairly rapid. I had recorded three months growth of C. guianensis tree species Mean 22.7 cm. after germination period in soil of Meerut district. It is concluded that the aim of the present study is to spread awareness towards the conservation and established of the threatened unique tree C. guianensis in Meerut district. The study benefited to environment and forest management in those areas, where the plant is now not found. The present study of the scope in the future various fields such as conservation of threatened tree species, adaptation tree species, pharmacology and environment management.
Author Keywords: C. guianensis, Threatened, Germination, Conservation, Meerut.
Yashwant Rai1
1 Department of Botany, D.N. College Meerut, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Couroupita guianensis is a highly valued species for the humans, soils management, environment and forestry. The tree is found some parts of India but now it is threatened species many areas of the country. Hence, there is an urgent need for conservation of this tree species. The present study was carried out in District Meerut for the period March 2014 to June 2014. The matured, seeds of C. guianensis were collected from Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden Shibpur, Howrah Kolkata, West Bengal. A total 50 seeds were sown in 5 pots containing soil, manure 3:1 ratio. The germination starts seven days after sowing in the month of March. Complete germination within 18 days during the end of March 2014.The total germination percentages were observed 95 % . Germination, seedling growth, number of leaves parameters were recorded at March to June (2014). The results indicate that the status of germination, saplings growth and development of C. guianensis is fairly rapid. I had recorded three months growth of C. guianensis tree species Mean 22.7 cm. after germination period in soil of Meerut district. It is concluded that the aim of the present study is to spread awareness towards the conservation and established of the threatened unique tree C. guianensis in Meerut district. The study benefited to environment and forest management in those areas, where the plant is now not found. The present study of the scope in the future various fields such as conservation of threatened tree species, adaptation tree species, pharmacology and environment management.
Author Keywords: C. guianensis, Threatened, Germination, Conservation, Meerut.
How to Cite this Article
Yashwant Rai, “Early Seedling Growth Status of Threatened Medicinal Tree Species Couroupita guianensis Aubl. in District Meerut, (U.P.) India,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 252–255, September 2014.
