In vitro Micropropagation of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cv. Bhagwa
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2022
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College of Agriculture, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University
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Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is an important fruit that is grown in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. It is commonly known as Anar. Pomegranate is a fruit-bearing deciduous small tree and belongs to the family of Punicaceae. Iran is the starting place of pomegranate and unfolds during the Mediterranean place of Asia, Africa, and Europe (Sepulveda et al., 2000). According to Smith (1979), Punica granatum has 2n=2x=16 and 18 chromosomes. The chromosomes in somatic enhancement of Dholka, Ganesh, Khandhari, Muscat White, and Patiala sorts became observed to be 2n=16, at the same time as the double flower range had 2n=18 (Nath and Randhawa, 1959). The chromosomes in Vellodu and Kashmiri sorts became additionally observed to be 2n=18 . Floral biology of pomegranate has divulged that both self and cross-pollination in Pomegranate. The pollen from male flowers offers a better fruit set than the ones from the hermaphrodite ones. The Pomegranate fruit type is balausta, which is a modified berry containing numerous seeds. Punica granatum has two subspecies viz. Chlorocarpa and Porphyrocarpa, the former is located in the Transcaucasus region, the latter in Central Asia (Patil et al., 2002).