Performance of short duration pigeonpea morphotypes in relation to flower and pod production in mainstem and branches

Mostafa, M.G. and Fakir, M.S.A (2008) Performance of short duration pigeonpea morphotypes in relation to flower and pod production in mainstem and branches. Journal of Agroforestry and Environment, 2 (1). pp. 1-6.

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Abstract

An experiment was conducted at Mymensingh (24°75'N, 90°50'E) between November 1999 and April 2000 to investigate variation in sink (raceme, flower and pod) production and reproductive abscission levels on mainstem and primary (1°) branches and their relationships with yield and yield attributes in four short duration pigeonpea morphotypes. Results revealed that total number of racemes/plant varied between 45 and 190 and that of flowers/plant between 343 and 2096 while percentage of floral abscission varied between 89 and 94. The pod yield/plant varied between 35 and 119 g/plant and that of seed yield/plant between 7 and 27 g/plant among the morphotypes. It was observed as much as 85 to 89% of the total racemes and 71 to 80% of the total flowers were borne on the 1° branches. Pod and seed yield (70 to 93% and 67 to 80% of the total pod and seed yield, respectively) was also greater on the 1° branches. Results conclude that genotypic variation exists in sink (raceme and flower) production and floral abscission on mainstem and 1° branches, and increased sink production on the 1° branches may be used as a selection criteria for improved yield in short duration pigeonpea

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Short duration, sink variation, Cajanus cajan
Author Affiliation: Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, e-mail: fakirmsa@yahoo.com
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: Pigeonpea
Depositing User: Mr. SanatKumar Behera
Date Deposited: 08 Nov 2013 03:25
Last Modified: 08 Nov 2013 03:25
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12095

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