Comparative studies on germination media for four agricultural seeds

A. S. Halimathul Saadiah and N. Nousa

Abstract

The study involved seven types of germination media (roll towel, kitchen roll towel, blue blotter, hygienic paper, blotting paper, blotting paper on sponge and sand) and four types of seeds (cucumber, rice, chilli and Chinese mustard). With cucumber, there was no significant difference in germination among all the media used, except sand which gave the lowest germination. With rice, sand gave the highest germination. In general, germination with sand, roll towel, kitchen roll towel and blotters was significantly better than on blotter + sponge. In the case of chilli, germination in sand was highly significant. However, there was no significant difference in germination among other media tested. Highest germination in Chinese mustard was obtained with blue blotter, while there was no significant difference in germination on blotter + sponge, hygienic paper and kitchen roll towel. The shoot length was generally shorter when using substitute media as compared with standard media (sand, roll towel and blue blotter).

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