Seed size effect of Moringa stenopetala on seedling development in nursery

Abstract

An experiment was conducted at Santa Rosa farm, National University of Agriculture in Managua, Nicaragua, located geographically at 12°08’15’’ north and 86°09’36’’ east, in order to evaluate the effect of seed´s weight and size of Moringa stenopetala on growth and development of seedlings in nursery conditions. A completely randomized design with 20 replication and were measured germination rate, survival rate, plant height, basal stem diameter, number of leaves and number of pinnae. Heavy and large seeds of M. stenopetala presented a higher germination rate (25%) and survival rate (100%) than light and small seeds, with 22 and 90.9%, respectively. Seedlings grown from heavy and large seed of M. stenopetala were statistically.