Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Regional Research Station, Jacch, Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh-176 201, India, E mail: atulgupta63@rediffmail.com.
Seeds of Pinus gerardiana were collected from twelve different sites from Kinnaur, in Himachal Pradesh, India. Seeds were sown in October and in May. Germination on an average was more in freshly collected seeds sown in October. However, the growth of May sown seeds was higher than those sown in October. Seeds were also stored in four different containers viz. cloth bags, polythene bags, steel containers and plastic containers. Cloth bag storage is the best as the insect infestation was minimum 3.43 seeds out of 150 seeds stored even after 180 days of storage.
Storage containers, insect infestation, seed weight
