Research Article | Published: 01 June 2011

Variability in the Germplasm of Cymbidium Elegans Lindl. Orchid collected from Darjeeling district of West Bengal

Ram Pal and R. P. Medhi

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 34 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 177-180 | 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2011-2YA877 | Cite this article

Abstract

Twenty genotypes of Cymbidium elegans were studied for 23 quantitative morphological characters to assess the variability. The data related variability parameters of plant height, plant spread, inflorescence length, raceme length and flower number, and flower width and flower height etc. are reported. The lip lobe distance was found to be most variable (cv 53.83 %) parameter followed by vegetative shoot per pseudobulb (cv 42.17) and flower width (cv 37.77 %). Dorsal sepal length was the least (cv 4.93 %) variable parameter. The positive and significant relation was observed between flower number   leaf width (0.485**), inflorescence length (0.473**) and raceme length (0.676**).

Keywords

Blossoms, Pseudobulb, Bavistin, Inflorescence, Correlation, Raceme

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Pal, R. and Medhi, R.P., 2011. Variability in the Germplasm of Cymbidium Elegans Lindl. Orchid collected from Darjeeling district of West Bengal. Indian Journal of Forestry, 34(2), pp.177-180. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2011-2YA877

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Manuscript Published on 01 June 2011

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