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Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

Evaluation of Dormancy Mechanism in Teak (Tectona grandis Linn.f) True Seeds Collected from Multiple Provenances and Forest Types of India

S. Venkatesan ORCID iD , P. Masilamani ORCID iD , V. Rajan Babu ORCID iD , T. Eevera , P. Janaki , S. Sundareswaran , P. Rajkumar
Volume : 111
Issue: March(1-3)
Pages: 86 - 93
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Abstract


Teak drupes were collected from seven geographical locationsspread over four forest types (dry deciduous, moist deciduous, verymoist deciduous, and semi-deciduous) from India. In order to study thedormancy mechanism associated with teak true seeds. The true seedspresent inside the drupes from each provenance were extracted withoutcausing any damage to the true seeds. The extracted true seeds wereused to study the morphological and physiological characteristics.The true seeds were carefully inoculated in MS medium to observegermination. Twenty-eight days after sowing, the result revealed thatAndhra Pradesh provenance recorded the highest true seed germinationof 58 percent compared to all other provenances. These results clearlyindicate that not only physical and mechanical dormancy is involved inteak for decreased germination but also morphological/physiologicaldormancy plays a major role in teak true seed germination.

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86 - 93
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Teak provenance forest types true seeds dormancy in-vitro germination

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