Aegle marmelos- Effect of Seed size and pre-sowing treatment on seed germination

Abstract

Aegle marmelos (L) corr. is a medicinal tree, mentioned in Charka Samhita and mentioned as necessary item in Ayurvedic medicine. Its fruits and leaves are used to treat dysentery, dyspepsia, neurological disease, edema, vomiting, and rheumatism. Seeds of Bael were collected from three locations in Rajasthan. These seeds were after proper cleaning and storage was tested for germination vigour and other parameters using different treatments and growth regulators in different concentrations. It was found that about 50 percent of germination occurs in freshly harvested seeds without any growth regulators and with GA3 it increases to 75 percent. Various other parameters viz. mean germination time and average germination percentage etc of all three seedlots were tested and presented in this paper.