Production of Acer saccharinum L. seedlings using different substrates
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59463/nd1je440Abstract
The experiment was carried out in the greenhouse of the Arboriculture discipline, at the Didactic and Research Base of the "King Mihai I" University of Life Sciences from Timisoara. The seeds of Acer saccharinum L. represented the biological propagation material. The method used to stimulate germination process was hydrothermal wetting 24 h. The purpose of this study was to identify the best substrate for the germination of Acer saccharinum L seeds. The substrates used were: TS 3 Medium Basic peat (Standard), TS 4 Plus medium peat with perlite and clay, TS4 Brut plus Greenfibre peat, Baltic peat, TS 4 medium peat + Clay + Greenfibre. Following the analysed data, it can be concluded that the TS 4 Plus peat substrate medium with perlite and clay, was the most efficient in the growth of seedlings, having the highest values and significant positive differences for most of the analysed criteria. The analysed features were: seedling height, crown diameter, number of roots, root length, number of leaves and leaf area.
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