An investigation on pollen germination rates of some selected male trees at Ceylanpmar State Farm

Abstract

-This experiment was conducted on twenty four male trees at Ceylanpmar State Farm. In this experiment, the rates of pollen germination were tested in different germination media. Saturated Petri Dishes method was used to determine germination rate of pollen. Different doses of sucrose (O, 5, 10, 15 and 20%) and sucrose (10%) + boric acid (20 and 70 ppm) combinations were used as media. The best germination rate was in 1 O to 20% sucrose solutions.