Seed pre-treatment methods for improving germination of Acacia tortilis

Acacia tortilis (Forsk.) Hayne is considered as an important dryland tree species in Africa and Middle East, and establishing an effective and efficient seed-germination method is considered necessary for producing planting materials. In this study, new germination method was compared with some of the previously reported methods and evaluated in A. tortilis . In the new method, root setting was observed within 3 days and the final germination percentage was 94%; higher than 5 to 86% reported in the previous methods. New method is therefore considered to be suitable for geminating A. tortilis seeds. Keywords: Acacia tortilis , seed germination, pre-treatment of seed germination African Journal of Biotechnology , Vol 13(50) 4557-4561