Rikesh Kumar

Effect of Watering Schedules on Seed Germination of Two Major Agroforestry Species Dalbergia sissoo and Gmelina arborea

Preeti Gupta, Rikesh Kumar & Ayushman Malakar · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2022

Aims: Water is an important natural resource supporting life and growth of plants heavily relies on water availability throughout its life cycle. Moisture stress is a major limiting factor in forest crops leading to unsuccessful seed germination. This study investigates the impac...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1030884

Effect of Pre-treatments on Germination of Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. for Developing Field Gene-Banks in Eastern India

Yogeshwar Mishra, Animesh Sinha, Rikesh Kumar & Ayushman Malakar · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2024

Aims: Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. is an important timber species with high medicinal properties belonging to the Fabaceae family. The species is severely threatened by anthropogenic and ecological pressures coupled with less natural regeneration. No results in vegetative propagat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i4748