Research Article | Published: 01 December 2008

Morphological variations in Grewia laevigata Vahl. in Shiwalik hills of Himachal Pradesh

Hari Paul Sankhyan, N. Mariappan and Rajan Bawa

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 31 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 525-532 | 2008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2008-6S0LPK | Cite this article

Abstract

The present study on morphological variations in Grewia laevigata Vahl revealed that some of the traits, viz., branch length, number of leaves per branch, branch nodal length, leaf length, leaf area and seed weight, exhibited variation between the sites but not among the trees. However, leaf width, number of seeds per fruit, seed length and seed width showed non-significant variations. Genotypic correlation coefficients were found greater than phenotypic one for almost all the morphological traits.

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Sankhyan, H.P., Mariappan, N. and Bawa, R., 2008. Morphological variations in Grewia laevigata Vahl. in Shiwalik hills of Himachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Forestry, 31(4), pp.525-532. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2008-6S0LPK

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