BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
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  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 2

Effect of Seaweed Extracts (Swe) on Germination of Trigonella Foenum-Graecum Seeds

  • Author:
  • A.B. Sabale1, N.M. Pise2
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 131 to 132

1Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur – 416 004.

2Biological Oceanography Division, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona-Paula, Panaji, Goa, 403 004.

Abstract

Effect of aquous extracts of three seaweeds viz. Ulva fasciata, Sargassum ilicifolium and Gracillaria corticata was tested on germination of fenugreek seeds. Fresh extracts of all seaweeds promoted seed germination.

Keywords

Seaweeds, Seed germination, Trigonella foenum-graecum