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Effect of Storage Conditions and Storage Periods on Seed Germination in Eleven Populations of Swertia chirayita : A Critically Endangered Medicinal Herb in Himalaya Table 1 General features and seed characteristics of different population of Swertia chirayita collected in Sikkim.
Name of populations Altitude m asl No. of seeds/fruit (10 fruits/population for seed counting) Seed weight (mg) 50 seeds × 3 replicates/population Seed length (μ m) 30 seeds (
1
0
×
3
replicates) Seed width (μ m) 30 seeds (
1
0
×
3
replicates) Moisture content (%) 50 seeds × 3 replicates/population Habitat Sc1—Luing (ES) 2126
2
0
9
±
5
4
.
6
9
1
.
5
±
0
.
0
6
4
8
6
±
5
.
8
0
3
5
5
±
1
2
.
2
9
2
5
.
8
±
1
2
.
1
0
Ridge, moist grassy slope with Cryptomeria japonica and Castanopsis tribuloides. Sc2—Railgaon (ES) 1948
2
9
7
±
7
6
.
9
7
1
.
6
±
0
.
0
6
5
3
2
±
1
3
.
9
4
3
8
3
±
2
2
.
6
8
2
2
.
4
±
3
.
2
7
Shrubberies with C. japonica and C. tribuloides. Sc3—Upper Pangthang (ES) 2176
3
0
9
±
5
6
.
2
7
1
.
6
±
0
.
1
0
5
0
2
±
2
8
.
3
3
3
8
0
±
1
1
.
5
5
2
9
.
1
±
2
.
3
1
Shrubberies, moist grassy slope with Quercus lamellosa and C. tribuloides. Sc4—Jaunbari (SS) 1651
2
2
2
±
4
6
.
3
4
1
.
2
±
0
.
1
0
4
5
4
±
1
4
.
2
2
3
7
4
±
1
2
.
0
0
3
9
.
1
±
6
.
0
8
Moist grassy slope with Alnus nepalensis and Michelia lanuginosa. Sc5—Tiffin dara 2 (SS) 1744
2
6
9
±
2
5
.
2
5
1
.
4
±
0
.
0
6
4
0
6
±
8
.
0
5
3
6
2
±
1
5
.
6
3
2
6
.
7
±
7
.
8
2
Moist grassy slope with Cryptomeria japonica and Alnus nepalensis. Sc6—Dhupi Dara (ES) 2124
2
5
8
±
2
9
.
0
1
1
.
8
±
0
.
1
2
4
1
8
±
1
3
.
1
1
3
7
8
±
1
6
.
9
7
1
8
.
8
±
1
.
9
7
Forest-Shrubberies with Cryptomeria japonica. Sc7—Deewani Taar (WS) 2055
2
9
4
±
3
5
.
9
1
1
.
2
±
0
.
1
0
3
5
8
±
1
0
.
4
4
3
2
5
±
1
0
.
6
9
3
6
.
5
±
7
.
8
4
Forest-Shrubberies with the dominance of Alnus nepalensis. Sc8—Gumpa Dara (WS) 1987
2
6
0
±
3
1
.
5
8
1
.
2
±
0
.
0
6
3
7
2
±
4
.
1
6
3
5
1
±
4
.
5
8
2
9
.
7
±
4
.
2
7
Forest-shrubberies with Cryptomeria japonica and Alnus nepalensis. Sc9—Hilley (WS) 2697
2
6
0
±
3
3
.
5
5
1
.
4
±
0
.
1
2
3
8
9
±
9
.
5
4
3
6
9
±
1
0
.
0
0
4
4
.
3
±
3
.
7
1
Forest-Shrubberies with Lithocarpus pachyphylla and Arundinaria maling. Sc10—Tendong (SS) 2099
2
3
0
±
3
3
.
0
7
1
.
6
±
0
.
1
0
3
9
0
±
1
0
.
9
7
3
7
2
±
7
.
5
1
2
7
.
0
±
2
.
2
3
Forest-Shrubberies with Castanopsis tribuloides and Quercus sp as dominant. Sc11—Ravangla (SS) 2160
2
5
6
±
2
3
.
0
6
1
.
3
±
0
.
0
0
3
2
0
±
6
.
0
3
2
9
7
±
3
.
2
1
2
5
.
6
±
8
.
8
8
Mixed forest of Castanopsis tribuloides, Quercus lamellosa, Machilus edulis, and Cinnamomum tamala. LSD (
𝑃
<
0
.
0
5
) 38.49 0.14 21.53 21.14 10.54
𝐹
value 5.23 15.95 76.93 12.94 4.23
ES: East Sikkim; WS: West Sikkim; NS: North Sikkim; SS: South Sikkim; ± denotes the standard deviation.
