Morphological Variability of Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce, from the Cholistan Desert, Pakistan |
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Authors: | Mohammad Arshad Muhammad Ashraf Niala Arif |
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Institution: | (1) Cholistan Institute of Desert Studies, Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan;(2) Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan |
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Abstract: | Sixty-two accessions of Prosopis cineraria, collected from different areas of the Cholistan desert and from the vicinity of Islamia University, Bahawalpur during June,
2002 were evaluated for agro-morphological diversity. Data collected revealed considerable variation for pod length, pod thickness,
number of seeds per pod, pod weight, 100-seed weight, seed size, number of pinnules, length of pinnae, length of the pinnulae,
and breadth of the pinnulae. Accessions GD-1 and GD-2, collected from Gadhen Wala Toba, KWT-1, KWT-3, KWT-4, KWT-6, from Khokhran
Wala Toba, TWT-2, TWT-7, TWT-8, from Taraway Wala Toba, CSW-2, CSW-7, CSW-8, from Chah Sulleh Wala, and IUB-5, IUB-9, from
Islamia University, Bahawalpur, showed very high variation. Overall, accessions KWT-6 from Khokhran Wala Toba, and TWT-7,
from Taraway Wala Toba, (both from Cholistan desert), appeared as best genotypes based on their morphological variation detected
in this study. |
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Keywords: | Jand Morphological variation Prosopis cineraria Toba |
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