Germination and growth patterns in Ipomoea Triloba L.

Date

11-1979

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Agronomy

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Aurora M. Baltazar

Abstract

Petri dish experiments showed that germination of I. triloba L. occurred under varied light conditions as well as in different germinating media. High potassium nitrate concentrations inhibited germination while germination at the lower concentrations was promoted. Seeking seeds with 12 or 36 N sulfuric acid also promoted germination.

Growth of this weed maintained for three months in earthen pots showed that it completed its life cycle within 67 days or about 9 weeks from germination. The third to the sixth week was characterized by rapid vegetative growth. Flowers were produced at 38 days or about 3 weeks from planting and seed set occurred 67 days after the first flowers appeared. A single plant produced an average of 317 seeds.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 993.5 1979 A42 S66

Document Type

Thesis

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