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MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATIONIN FRUITS AND SEEDS OF BALANITES ROXBURGHIIPLANCH (HINGOTA) IN SEMI-ARID REGION OF RAJASTHAN

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Title MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATIONIN FRUITS AND SEEDS OF BALANITES ROXBURGHIIPLANCH (HINGOTA) IN SEMI-ARID REGION OF RAJASTHAN
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Creator A. Keerthika
Dipak Kumar Gupta
M. B. Noor mohamed
B. L. Jangid
A. K. Shukla
 
Subject Balanites, Coefficient of Variation, fruits and seeds, Conservation and utilization
 
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Balanites roxburghii Planch locally known as Hingota, a native of India and
Pakistan is underutilized wild tree of arid areas, however have also several
medicinal uses since ages. The fruit contain saponin and therefore locally used
to wash clothes. Its seed has also great potential to provide feedstock for
biodiesel production. A preliminary survey was conducted to investigate
morphological variation among fruits and seeds. The fruits were collected from
3 different locations of Pali-Marwar region (Khati khera, RRS Pali farm and
RMSE area). Fruit morphological characteristics were recorded followed by
soaking in water for 7 days to extract seeds. High variation was observed
between trees as well within tree for shape, size, colour and weight of fruits and
seeds. Three different types of shape in fruits (elliptic, ovoid and spherical) and
seeds (elliptic, oblong and spherical) were observed. Fruit did not show colour
variation, however, seed colour ranged from yellowish to dark brown. The fruit
length, fruit width and fruit weight varied from 3.4 cm to 5.5 cm, 2.9 cm to 4.5
cm and 16 to 40 g respectively, while seed length, width and weight varied from
2.9 cm to 4.7 cm, 1.9 cm to 3.1 cm and 8.3 to 19.93 g respectively. Highest
coefficient of variation was found in length (18.3 for fruits and 21.7 for seeds) as
well as weight (23.54 for fruits and 24.48 for seeds) of fruits and seeds collected
from different trees, however, it was highest for only weight of fruits and seeds
(17.76-19.44 for fruits and 13.59-20.91 for nuts) collected from same trees,
indicating variation between trees. It is concluded that, there is considerable
variation in fruit and seed of hingota offering opportunities for selection there
by spreading more scope for conservation and utilization.
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Date 2019-06-29T11:22:46Z
2019-06-29T11:22:46Z
2017-01-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/21078
 
Language English
 
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