Research Article | Published: 01 June 2005

Breeding system and graft compatibility in Prosopis cineraria and Prosopis juliflora

R. S. Dhillon and M. S. Hooda

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 28 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 105-107 | 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2005-513523 | Cite this article

Abstract

The floral buds began to appear in mid March and started to open from first week of April in Prosopis cineraria. From mid April to mid May was the peak period of flowering. In P. juliflora, on the other hand, floral buds began to appear in early March and began to open by end of march. Pollen viability of fresh pollen was more than 85 per cent in both the species. Observations on breeding behavior found predominance of cross fertilization; the degree of selfing was far below 1 per cent (in muslin cloth bags). Reciprocal crosses showed poor success, ranging fro 0.08 per cent in P. juliflora as female parent to 0.62 per cent on P. cineraria as seed parent. Reciprocal grafting using P. juliflora as scion showed cleft method somewhat better (16.1% successful), while T-budding was the poorest. However, grafts failed to sprout using P. cineraria as scion.

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Dhillon, R.S. and Hooda, M.S., 2005. Breeding system and graft compatibility in Prosopis cineraria and Prosopis juliflora. Indian Journal of Forestry, 28(2), pp.105-107. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2005-513523

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Manuscript Published on 01 June 2005

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