Taxonomy of some species of Pennisetum Rich.

Ramaswamy, K R and Vaidyanathan, P. (1973) Taxonomy of some species of Pennisetum Rich. Madras Agricultural Journal, 60 (9-12). pp. 1241-1246.

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Abstract

Fourteen Panicum species and four interspecific hybrids were studied. The number of stomata per unit area ranged from 28.7 in leaves of P. pedicellatum to 85.6 in P. typhoides. No distinction could be made between species possessing different basic chromosome numbers with regard to frequency or size of stomata. There was a general trend towards increase in stomatal length as stomatal frequency decreased. Epidermal cell length was the greatest in P. pedicellatum. The shape of microhairs in all the species studied was of the Panicoid type. The occurrence of macrohairs was limited to P. pedicellatum, P. polystachyon and P. longistylis

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Department of Agricultural Botany, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
Subjects: Crop Improvement > Genetics/Genomics
Crop Improvement > Plant Breeding
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited: 19 Apr 2012 03:57
Last Modified: 19 Apr 2012 03:58
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/4835

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