SEED SOURCE STUDIES IN WILD POMEGRANATE (Punica granatum L.) IN HIMACHAL PRADESH

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dc.contributor.advisorGUPTA, TARA
dc.contributor.authorNEGI, ANMOL
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-01T09:56:44Z
dc.date.available2019-02-01T09:56:44Z
dc.date.issued2019-01
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT The present investigations entitled “Seed Source Studies in Wild Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) in Himachal Pradesh” was carried out in the Department of Tree improvement and Genetic Resources, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2017-2018 with the aim to evaluate the seed sources on the basis of phenotypic characters, morphometric characters, seed traits, fruit characteristics and nursery stage growth performance of the half sibs. Present study was conducted by selecting five trees each of the ten seed sources namely Narag (S1) and Neripul (S2) district Sirmour, Waknaghat (S3) and Sadhupul (S4) district Solan, Basantpur (S5) district Shimla, Sundernagar (S6), Rewalsor (S7) and Aut (S8) district Mandi, Mohal (S9) and Banjar (S10) district Kullu. Phenotypic studies revealed that Neripul (Sirmour) seed source had higher phenotypic values as compared to other seed sources. Leaf morpholological and morphometric characteristics were maximum in Sadhupul (Solan) with higher leaf area value of 12.66 cm2 and Mohal (Kullu) with maximum leaf petiole 0.5 cm which was significantly higher than other seed sources. Sundernagar (Mandi) seed source have shown highest (70.46 %) germination percentage followed by Basantpur (Shimla) with the value of 67.71 %. Fruit characteristics were found better from Banjar (Kullu) seed source because of larger fruit size having the average fruit length and breadth of 38.83 mm and 39.53 mm respectively. The biochemical analysis for fruit pulp revealed that Sundernagar seed source was best for TSS and sugars followed by Rewalsor, Banjar and Basantpur seed sources. For nursery stage growth performance seedlings height was found maximum (56.63 cm) in Waknaghat (Solan) seed source followed by Sundernagar which is significantly lower values (56.00 cm) for height. Among all the half sibs Banjar (Kullu) seed source had minimum seedling height. Important traits like 100 dry seed weight was found maximum in Neripul (Sirmour) with the value of 3.53 g which was highest among other seed sources. High heritability and genetic gain was found in seedling height (0.9, 64.82 %), tree height (0.98, 42.08 %), seed germination (41.64 % genetic gain), fresh fruit weight (0.35, 26.65 %). The findings of the study on fruit quality, seed traits and seedling performance indicate that significant gains can be achieved through selections at seed source level but individual tree selections can be exercised for fruit characters as a basis of the tree improvement and breeding program of wild pomegranate.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810093259
dc.keywordsWild Pomegranate,Seed Source Studies,nursery stage growth performance seedlingsen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages68+iiien_US
dc.publisherUHF, NAUNIen_US
dc.subTree Improvement and Genetic Resourceen_US
dc.subjectnullen_US
dc.themeWild Pomegranate,Seed Source Studies,nursery stage growth performance seedlingsen_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titleSEED SOURCE STUDIES IN WILD POMEGRANATE (Punica granatum L.) IN HIMACHAL PRADESHen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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