(1) Department of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, G.P.O Box 252C, 7001 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia;(2) Regional Research Laboratory (Branch), 190005 Srinagar, Kashmir, India
Abstract:
Summary A population improvement programme in pyrethrum had progressively increased the mean pyrethrins content from 1.33 percent in the unselected base population to 1.97 percent in the population developed after one cycle of each of mass and recurrent selections. The selection had also increased the range of variation and the relative frequency of desirable plants.