Abstract:
Asexually propagated crop, which can also be reproduced vegetatively, provides several advantages such as seed increase in F and early segregating generations and conservation of gene 1 pool. Week old seedlings of Brassica napes cv. Erglu were transplanted and after 6 weeks one series of individuals was allowed to grow to maturity. In a second series cuttings from 4 nodes on the main axis were inserted in soil without rooting powder and stump was allowed to grow. Out of 72 all but 3 cuttings started growth. Pods from a plant and 5 clones from a single individual were threshed together, seed weight measured and data put to analysis of variance. Significant difference were found between the two treatments. As the rapeseed can be vegetatively propagated, this method may by used to increase seeds of plants or strains which are poor seed producers or to establish clones and maintain original plants used in a strain/synthetic variety.
Page(s):
69-72
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Pakistan Journal of Botany, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Year: 1983