Table 5.
Survival % of Shorea roxburghii seedlings after storing in various temperature ranges
| Temperature stored | Seedling size* | Storage period (weeks) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 4°C | Small | 80 | |||||
| Large | 60 | ||||||
| Open bag | 17°C | Small | 0 | ||||
| Large | 0 | ||||||
| 25°C | Small | 0 | |||||
| Large | 40 | ||||||
| 4°C | Small | 100 | 100 | 40 | 20 | 0 | |
| Large | 100 | 100 | 100 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Closed bag | 17°C | Small | 100 | 100 | 40 | 80 | 40 |
| Large | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||
| 28°C | Small | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| Large | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||
*
Small seedlings of size in diameter at the collars were below 0.5 cm, while large ones are above 1.0 cm.