Authors:
M.S. Traore
, N.A. Gbedie
, L.M.F. Bahan
, K.T. Kouadio
, K. Coulibaly
, B. Bonsson
,
Y. Ouattara
, A. Sekou
, N.H. Legnate |
Abstract:
Selected fresh kola nuts from National Centre for Agronomic Research located in Divo, were
used to study the effect of fresh kola nuts size on its germination and emergence. The
experimental design was a Fisher block with five treatments and three repetitions. The treatments
consisted of different kola nuts size, scarified and soaked in water during 48 hours. Thirty-five
days after sowing, large kola nuts (40-50g) had the highest germination rate (100%) and
emergence rate (79%) whereas the lowest percentages of germination rate (60%) and emergence
rate (40%) were recorded for small nuts (less than 10 g). Kola nut size was highly correlated with
germination rate (r = 0.90, P = 0.03) and emergence rate (r = 0.96; P = 0.01). This study showed
that the germination and emergence capacity of kola nut was strongly influenced by its size. |
