Research Article | Published: 01 June 1994

Variability Studies in Pod and Seed Characteristics of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.

N. K. Sharma, Uday Burman, J. C. Tewari, M. D. Bohra and L. N. Harsh

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 17 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 161-165 | 1994
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-1994-G5W968 | Cite this article

Abstract

Prosopis juliflora germplasm in reference to pod and seed traits was collected from Rajasthan (November 1992) and Gujarat (January, 1993). The study revealed the existence of enormous variability with respect to pod weight, number of seeds/pod and pulp weight/pod particularly from the collection made from Rajasthan, which lead to identification of certain “plus trees”. Maximum intensity of correlation among all the characters was found between pod weight and pulp weight/pod (0.9619) in Rajasthan collection.

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Sharma, N.K., Burman, U., Tewari, J.C., Bohra, M.D. and Harsh, L.N., 1994. Variability Studies in Pod and Seed Characteristics of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.. Indian Journal of Forestry, 17(2), pp.161-165. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-1994-G5W968

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Manuscript Published on 01 June 1994

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