August 2018

Effects of seed pre-treatments on the germination and early growth of Echinops giganteus C.D Adam

This study aims to evaluate the effects of seed pre-treatments on the germination of Echinops giganteus. The pre-treatments used were partial manual removal of the pappus (T1), total removal of the pappus (T2), roasting for 2 min (T3), roasting for 4 min (T4), roasting for 6 min (T5), soaking in water for 6 h (T6), soaking for 12 h (T7), soaking for 24 h (T8) and the control (T0). The experiment was laid out in a...

Author(s): Francoline Jong Nkemnkeng Mendi, Grace Anjah, Walter Ndam Tacham