LOW TEMPERATURE HELPS SPORE GERMINATION IN MARSILEA
D. RATHORE *
Department of Botany, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur-342 001
B. D. SHARMA *
Department of Botany, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur-342 001
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Description is given of the effect of cold treatment on germination of sporocarps (and spores) in three species of Marsilea collected from different places in Rajasthan. M. aegyptiaca shows the maximum influence and then comes M. minuta, and M. rajasthanensis in descending sequence.
Keywords: Cold Treatment, Spore germination, Marsilea