ARJASR

ISSN: 2360-7874

 Academic Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Research
 

Vol. 7(6), pp. 303-306, September 2019
DOI: 10.14662/ARJASR2019.025
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ISSN: 2360-7874
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Enhancement of Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Cardamom (Elleteria cardamomum) at Tepi South-western Part of Ethiopia

Hassen Seid¹, Tsegaye Mulualem2 , Getachew Shiferaw³, Abebe Atilaw^4, Biruk  Herko⁵

^1,3,4,5 Tepi National Spices Research Center, P.O.Box 34, Tepi, Ethiopia. E-mail: hassenseid49@yahoo.com:

²   Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

abeatilaw@gmail.com

Accepted 12 April 2019

Cardamom (Elleteria cardamomum) is herbaceous, perennial and aromatic spice. Production is much lower mainly due to constraints such as lack of improved variety, Poor agronomic practices and seed dormancy. Thus, the current study was conducted with the objective of determining effects of different seed treatments on seed germination and seedling growth of cardamom. Cardamom seeds were subjected to nine seed treatments viz., T1 (Control/ no pretreatment), T2 (Soaking seeds in tap water for 12 hrs.), T3 ( Soaking seeds in tap water for 24 hrs.), T4 (Soaking  seeds in 5% sulfuric acid for 10 min.), T5 (Soaking seeds in 10% sulfuric acid  for 5 min.), T6 ( Soaking seeds in 25%  nitric acid for 10 min.), T7 ( Soaking seeds in 50% nitric acid for 15 min.), T8 ( Soaking  seeds in 25 per cent acetic acid for 10 min.) and T9 (Soaking  seeds in 80% alcohol for 30 minutes). Analysis of variances of the results revealed that, T9 was the most effective treatment for improving seed germination (78.11%), followed by T8 (69.55%) at six weeks after sowing. Treatment two and four were revealed relatively higher mean germination value compared to the control. While T3, T5, T6 and T7 revealed lower mean germination value even less than to the control treatment performance. Therefore,  it can be concluded that soaking of korerima seeds with 80% alcohol for 30 minutes duration,  improved both seed emergence and growth of seedlings performance.

Key word:  Cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum, Seed germination, Seed treatment

How to cite this article (APA Style): Hassen S., Tsegaye M., Getachew S., Abebe A., Biruk  H. (2019). Enhancement of Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Cardamom (Elleteria cardamomum) at Tepi South-western Part of Ethiopia. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 7(6): 303-306