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EVALUATION OF POMEGRANATE (PUNICA GRANATUM L.) GENOTYPES FOR MORPHOLOGICAL AND FLOWERING CHARACTERISTICS UNDER SEMI-ARID CLIMATE
Article number
890_32
Pages
233 – 237
Language
English
Abstract
Twenty four diverse bearing 8- to 10-year-old pomegranate genotypes, both exotic and indigenous were evaluated for morphological and flowering characteristics.
The experiment was carried out for two consecutive years during ambe bahar, i.e., flowering period of February-March in the years of 2000 and 2001 at the Experimental orchard of the Division of Fruits and Horticultural Technology, IARI, New Delhi.
The experiment was conducted in randomized block design with three replications.
The experimental material comprised 10 indigenous genotypes, viz., Alandi, Kandhari, Jalore Seedless, Ganesh, P-23, P-26, Bassein Seedless, Dholka, Jyoti, Jodhpur Red and G-137, as well as 14 exotic genotypes, viz., Siah Shirin, Achick Dana, Gul-e-Shah, Kazak Anar, Sur Sakkar, Speen Danedar, Speen Sakarin, Kali Shirin, Muscat, Ak Anar, Khoj, Bedana Sadana and Shirin Anar. The observations recorded were plant height, plant spread, nature of the plant, dormancy, flowering duration, stomatal density and fruit yield.
The genotype Jodhpur Red exhibited the maximum plant height (3.2 m), E-W plant spread (2.63 m) and stomatal density (130.67 mm-2). Minimum days for flowering was recorded in Sur Sakkar (16.00), whereas, maximum flowering duration was in Dholka (39.00 days) followed by Bedana Sadana and Muscat (38.00) with overall population mean of 26.91 days.
Duration of dormancy ranged from 56.00 days in Sur Sakkar to 67.00 in Gul-e-Shah followed by Kazak Anar and Kali Shirin (66.00). Out of 24 genotypes, only 12 were found to be dormant type.
The maximum N-S plant spread (2.53 m) was registered for Ganesh followed Jodhpur Red (2.47 m). Seven genotypes were noted to be of spreading type, while the remaining eight and nine were semi spreading and erect type, respectively. Speen Danedar under Delhi conditions recorded the lowest yield (4.75 kg plant-1) while, Kandhari produced the highest yield (11.60 kg plant-1).
The experiment was carried out for two consecutive years during ambe bahar, i.e., flowering period of February-March in the years of 2000 and 2001 at the Experimental orchard of the Division of Fruits and Horticultural Technology, IARI, New Delhi.
The experiment was conducted in randomized block design with three replications.
The experimental material comprised 10 indigenous genotypes, viz., Alandi, Kandhari, Jalore Seedless, Ganesh, P-23, P-26, Bassein Seedless, Dholka, Jyoti, Jodhpur Red and G-137, as well as 14 exotic genotypes, viz., Siah Shirin, Achick Dana, Gul-e-Shah, Kazak Anar, Sur Sakkar, Speen Danedar, Speen Sakarin, Kali Shirin, Muscat, Ak Anar, Khoj, Bedana Sadana and Shirin Anar. The observations recorded were plant height, plant spread, nature of the plant, dormancy, flowering duration, stomatal density and fruit yield.
The genotype Jodhpur Red exhibited the maximum plant height (3.2 m), E-W plant spread (2.63 m) and stomatal density (130.67 mm-2). Minimum days for flowering was recorded in Sur Sakkar (16.00), whereas, maximum flowering duration was in Dholka (39.00 days) followed by Bedana Sadana and Muscat (38.00) with overall population mean of 26.91 days.
Duration of dormancy ranged from 56.00 days in Sur Sakkar to 67.00 in Gul-e-Shah followed by Kazak Anar and Kali Shirin (66.00). Out of 24 genotypes, only 12 were found to be dormant type.
The maximum N-S plant spread (2.53 m) was registered for Ganesh followed Jodhpur Red (2.47 m). Seven genotypes were noted to be of spreading type, while the remaining eight and nine were semi spreading and erect type, respectively. Speen Danedar under Delhi conditions recorded the lowest yield (4.75 kg plant-1) while, Kandhari produced the highest yield (11.60 kg plant-1).
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Authors
K.K. Meena, R. Singh, S. Pareek, P. Kashyap
Keywords
flowering characters, genotypes, morphological characters, Punica granatum, stomatal density
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