GROWTH VARIATION AMONG PROGENIES OF Acacia nilotica CPTS OF DIFFERENT PROVENANCES

AMIT SINGHDOHA¹*, K.S. BANGARWA², R.S. DHILLON^3
1Department of Forestry, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
²Department of Forestry, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
³Department of Forestry, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
* Corresponding Author : asinghdoha@gmail.com

Received : 02-06-2018     Accepted : 12-06-2018     Published : 15-06-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 11       Pages : 6309 - 6313
Int J Agr Sci 10.11 (2018):6309-6313

Keywords : shoot length, root length, fresh seedling weight
Academic Editor : Dr Vishal Johar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Acacia nilotica, belonging to family Fabaceae, is one of the most important, versatile and multipurpose tree species. Sufficient quantity of quality pods was collected from ten phenotypically superior candidate plus trees (CPTs) from six provenances/geographical locations to test the performance of progeny of individual tree selected. Significant variation was observed in progenies for field emergence, shoot length, root length, fresh seedling weight, numbers of branches per seedling, root-shoot ratio and straightness, open a way to go ahead for further improvement in tree species through selection.

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