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Natural germination of white sandal (Santalum album L.) seeds is very much problematic and time
consuming. Therefore it needs to be improved the seed germination by artificial methods. In this case,
seeds were collected from three different sources for the experiment of artificial seed germination.
Indeed, dormancy period of Santalum album L. continues up to sixty days (Clarke and Doran, 2012) for
freshly collected seeds. Those seeds were cleaned in normal tap water and depulped for easy
germination. Then seeds were imbibed in different concentration of GA3 solution for different hours of
treatments. The germination behavior remarkably improved by a particular concentration of GA3 in a
specific hour of treatment. In this paper we have discussed the most successful method of GA3 treatment.
Different parameters of germination have been highlighted in this context.
The aims and object of this experimentation were to find out the response of hormonal treatment in the
germination activities of Santalum album L. in-vivo condition.
Keywords: seed dormancy, artificial seed germination, hormonal treatment, germination behavior.