Pretreatment of the mature seeds (360 DAP) with sodium hypochlorite solution (NaOCl) containing 0.5%
available chilorine for 60 min or NaOCl solution containing 1.0% available chlorine for 40 min were most
suitable for increasing germination percentage.
Hyponex N026 medium supplemented with 1.0mgl
−1
NAA, 1.0 g l−1 peptone, 10% CW, and 1.0 g l−1 AC was suitable for the first sub-culture of plantlets.