Assessment of male date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) genotypes based on morphological and chemotypic attributes
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Ramkesh Meena RK
Dr.
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Chet Ram
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Ram Prasnna Meena
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Mukesh Kumar Berwal
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SHEETAL RAWAT
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MK CHOUDHARY
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Dhurendra Singh
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R.S. Singh
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A.K. Singh
Keywords:
Date palm, pollinizers, biochemical potential, morphological diversityAbstract
Date palm is a perennial dioecious plant of desert ecosystem. Non-synchronous condition of flowering is one of the major constraint in fruit setting, therefore, artificial pollination is essentially required. The comprehensive characterized male date plants are very limited at morpho-biochemical level to identify the superior genotypes as potential pollinizers. Therefore, the present study was performed to characterize 9 male date palm genotypes based on phenotypic and biochemical parameters where leaf, spathe and inflorescence showed significant variation and revealed the substantial level of genetic variability. The CIAH-DP-M1 found superior in all the recorded parameters related to the inflorescence among the genotype studied. Similarly, the biochemical parameters like total phenolic content, total antioxidant capacity, flavonoids and total sugar content were also exhibited at significant level which shows the potential of pollen grains as good source of pollination in date palm. The characterized promising male date palm genotypes in the present study could be a serve as good pollinizers under hot arid condition of western India.
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