In vitro Seed Germination Studies of Lavendula officinalis Chaix
Firdous mala¹*, Parvaiz Ahmad² and P. N Shrivastava¹¹Pest Control and Ayurvedic Drug Research Laboratory S.S.L Jain Collage Vedisha India.
²Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR) Srinagar India.
Abstract:
In order to break the dormancy of the lavender seeds an efficient protocal was carried out under invitro laboratory conditions.The seeds where washed with 0.1% mercuric chloride for 5-7 minutes and then with 70% alcohol for 1 minute. Then seeds where thoroughly rinsed with double distilled water. After washing, the seeds were divided into petriplates, each petriplate receives at least a group of sixteen seeds on a moist paper and the seeds were separately subjected to various treatments. For each treatment two replicates were used. A set of control was kept to compare germination efficiency. After the above treatments the seeds were kept under investigation for 25 days and the seeds were treated with distilled water regularly. Seeds for each treatment were kept in the lab conditions (average temperature 15-200C). Replicates were monitored and details were recorded.
Keywords: In vitro Seed Germination; Lavendula officinalis Back to TOC