Department of Agronomy, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur-492 001, India
The Root, stem, leaf and stem+leaf of Datura stramonium L. were allowed to decay for the period of five, seven, nine and eleven days corresponding to 120, 168, 216 and 264 hrs as per treatment in normal water in the ratio of 1:10 w/v of plant material and water, respectively. At 3 DAS, stem extract of 120 hrs, 7 DAS stem extract of 168 hrs and 11-DAS. stem extract of 264 hrs produced maximum germination. Leaf extract of 120 hrs lowered the germination to the minimum at 7 and 11 DAS.
