Research Article | Published: 01 December 2010

Variability studies among different seed sources of Acacia catechu Willd.

B. Gupta, V. Guleria, N. S. Thakur and Narender Singh

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 17 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 487-490 | 2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2010-Q82MCY | Cite this article

Abstract

Study was conducted at Bhota Research Station of Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, India to estimate the variability in seeds of Acacia catechu (Khair) collected from plus trees located at 24 provenances in Himachal Pradesh, India, during 2000-2001. Significant variations in germination (%) of seeds in nursery and seedling characters viz., collar diameter, plant height, number of leaves, number of branches, number of roots and root length was recorded among the 24 seed sources. However, seeds collected from provenances S4 (Wahad) and S8 (Bhatian) performed better than others. The estimates of heritability and coefficient of variation revealed that germination percent is highly heritable. Number of leaves in A. catechu exhibits high coefficient of variability, genetic advance and genetic gain.

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Gupta, B., Guleria, V., Thakur, N.S. and Singh, N., 2010. Variability studies among different seed sources of Acacia catechu Willd.. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 17(4), pp.487-490. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2010-Q82MCY

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