A nursery trial was conducted at National Forest Seed Centre, Seed
Orchard Division, Bangladesh Forest Research Institute, Chittagong to evaluate
the effect of storage condition and duration on germination of Agar seed. Agar
seed were stored at five different storage condition viz. open air (control), sand,
chalk powder, normal refrigerator (0-40C) and saw dust for different storage
durations viz. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33 and 36 days. Storage
condition, duration and their interaction were found significant on germination
of Agar seed. Refrigerator (0-40C) showed the highest germination (82%) at 3
days duration. It also prolonged the seed viability (12%) up to 33 days. Such
technique of maintaining viability of Agar seed may be useful for raising
seedlings and plantations at large scale.