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Physiological Maturity Studies of Myrica esculenta in Kumaun Himalaya Uttarakhand

Amit Mittal1 * , Ashish Tewari2 , Nandan Singh2 , Krishna Kumar Tamta3 , Beena Tewari Fulara3 , Shruti Shah2 and Somesh Sharma1

1 Graphic Era Hill University, Bhimtal Campus, Nainital, Uttarkannada India

2 Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, D.S.B. Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand India

3 Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, School of earth and Environmental Sciene, Uttarakhand Open University, Nainital, Uttarkannada India

Corresponding author Email: amitforestry26@gmail.com

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.17.2.9

Myrica esculenta, Buch-Ham. Ex. D. Don is frequent under-canopy species in the Himalayan woods of Pinus roxburghii and Quercus leucotrichophora. The species is well-known in the Kumaun region for its edible fruit and various by-products, it has arisen as potential income-generating plant. M. esculenta regrowth is poor in natural settings, owing to high anthropogenic pressure. The maturation process aids in determining the best time to harvest when seeds are in better physiological condition for germination. For each collection date in the laboratory, physical characteristics, seed size and weight, and germination were measured in a dual chamber seed germinator. The tree density of M. esculenta ranged between 50 and 180 ind ha-1. The mean fruit size between first and last collection varied from 63.43 and 98.73 mm2 while the weight of 100 seeds between first and final collection varied from 8.55 to 15.67 g across the collection. The highest germination was observed 61.3% when the moisture content of seeds was 32.1%.

Density; Germination; Himalaya; M. esculenta; Seed Maturity

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Mittal A, Tewari A, Singh N, Tamta K. K, Fulara B. T, Shah S, Sharma S. Physiological Maturity Studies of Myrica esculenta in Kumaun Himalaya Uttarakhand. Curr World Environ 2022;17(2). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.17.2.9

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Mittal A, Tewari A, Singh N, Tamta K. K, Fulara B. T, Shah S, Sharma S. Physiological Maturity Studies of Myrica esculenta in Kumaun Himalaya Uttarakhand. Curr World Environ 2022;17(2).

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