author(s)
Karan Bansode, SD Patil, Karishma Bansode and Karuna Bansode

abstract
The field trial was conducted at the Nursery and Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Dhule during 2021-22, to study the influence of priming on germination of khirni seedlings (Manilkara hexandra L.). The experiment was laid out in a Complete Randomized Block Design with ten treatments viz., T₁ (GA₃ @ 50ppm), T₂ (GA₃ @ 75ppm), T₃ (GA₃ @ 100ppm), T₄ (GA₃ @ 200ppm), T₅ (NAA @ 100ppm), T₆ (KNO₃ @ 1%), T₇ (Cow urine @ 10%), T₈ (Cow urine 100%), T₉ (Cow dung slurry) and T₁₀ Control (Distilled Water) with three replications. The treatment T₄ (GA₃ @ 200ppm) resulted, the minimum days required for germination (30.33), however maximum number of seedlings germinate (42.33) at 15 days after sowing and germination percentage (84.67%) at 15 days after sowing observed in the treatment T₉ (cow dung slurry). Hence, it can be concluded that, the cow dung slurry were beneficial for increasing germination parameters as compared to other treatments under Khandesh region of Maharashtra.