The sterilized seeds of mung beans (Vigna radiata) displayed greater germination rate and higher growth under bacterium-enriched conditions.
Regarding plant behaviour, S. vulgaris and L. ovatus showed greater germination and growth than the other species, especially above C + Clay and C + Bricks mixtures.
The substitution of the soil with parthenium vermicompost enabled significantly greater germination success of ladies finger seeds in comparison to controls (Table 1).
Germination studies indicated enhanced germination of two common, weedy, mound species (Marrubium vulgare and Brassica tournefortii) on the eroded mound surface, and greater germination of the perennial grass Austrodanthonia caespitosa on the cryptogam-dominated non-mound surface.
In the present study we suggest that parthenium vermicompost may have also imbibed with similar attributes to that of the manure-based vermicomposts that has resulted in greater germination success, better plant growth, and yield of ladies finger plants.
One the one hand, the slightly greater values of terminal velocity of diploid seeds might reduce their dispersal potential, but on the other, their significantly greater germination rates, when compared to triploid seeds are likely to allow their more successful establisment.
