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Genetic diversity of vegetative and bunch traits of African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) germplasm in India

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Title Genetic diversity of vegetative and bunch traits of African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) germplasm in India
 
Creator MURUGESAN, P
RANI, K L MARY
RAMAJAYAM, D
KUMAR, K SUNIL
MATHUR, R K
RAVICHANDRAN, G
KUMAR, P NAVEEN
ARUNACHALAM, V
 
Subject African germplasm, Diversity, India, Oil palm, Shannon-Weaver diversity index, Vegetative and bunch traits
 
Description Knowledge on genetic diversity among breeding materials could be an invaluable aid in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) improvement strategies. Germplasm from primary/secondary centres of origin were collected during 1994 under FAO programme and planted in the gene bank at DOPR Research Centre, Palode during 1998 were studied for genetic diversity. Twenty six accessions representing three African countries (Guinea Bissau, Tanzania and Zambia) were studied using 50 individual palms. Thirty numbers of vegetative and bunch component traits recorded during 2008 to 2013 were analysed in this study. An attempt was made using Shannon-Weaver Diversity Index (SWDI) with an objective to understand the level of diversity in these traits. In general, mean of all the accessions exhibited high levels (0.694) of diversity. Mean diversity estimate (0.778) was highest in Tanzanian source closely followed by Zambia (0.727) and least value (0.576) was observed in Guinea Bissau. Low diversity values (
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2015-07-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/50114
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 85, No 7 (2015)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/50114/21405
 
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