Abstract

The effect of size grading of teak seeds on seedling production and growth was studied in detail at field research centre the Kerala Forest Research Institute at Palappilly, Thrissur, India. The fruit (seed) characters were also studied. It was observed that most fruits belonged to the 9-12 mm grade and that 98 percent of the total seeds were of size of above 9 mm. The nursery experiments showed that fruit size did not have any influence on the survival and seedling growth. However, fruits with less than 9 mm diameter had low germination percentage leading to less number of seedlings