Performance of Different Accessions of <i> Pongamia Pinnata </i>

N. Gurunathan; S. P. Ahlawat; K. Rajarajan

doi:10.36808/if/2014/v140i9/52347

Performance of Different Accessions of Pongamia Pinnata

Authors

N. Gurunathan National Research Centre for Agroforestry, Jhansi U.P.
S. P. Ahlawat National Research Centre for Agroforestry, Jhansi U.P.
K. Rajarajan National Research Centre for Agroforestry, Jhansi U.P.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2014/v140i9/52347

Keywords:

Pongamia Pinnata , Performance, Accessions, Cuttings

Abstract

Pongamia pinnata is one of the most promising tree borne oil seed species. Ten better performing accessions mainly based on fruiting were evaluated. Uniform size semi-hardwood cuttings were made and were treated with IBA @ 600 ppm. The cuttings were measured, after 75 days of planting for root length, shoot length, collar diameter, fresh weight and dry weight. The shoot length, collar diameter, fresh weight and dry weight had shown significant difference between the sources. Broad sense heritability was highest for rooting (99.58%) followed by fresh and dry weight. Fresh weight showed high genetic advance. The sources Mundara (Tikamgarh) and Khadauli (Agra) performed better in terms of dry matter production as well as rooting.

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