VK Verma, AK Jha and BK Singh
Vegetable
Newsletter 1 (1): 6, 2014
E-mail:
bksinghkushinagar@yahoo.co.in
Meghalaya Local
a long duration high yielding local cultivar of cauliflower is widely grown by
the farmers in the East Khasi Kills, West Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills and part
of Ribhoi district in Meghalaya. Being a cross pollinated crop heterosis
breeding is very popular in this crop. To produce the quality hybrid seed, the
uses of male sterile line is very important. Two type of male sterile lines
i.e. MS-I (with non-viable pollen) and MS-II (without stamen) were identified
and tested from the local collection (Table 1).
Table 1. Yield and related traits
of CMS lines
|
Traits
|
MS-I
|
MS-II
|
|
Days to curd
initiation
|
115.3
|
117.0
|
|
Days to curd
maturity
|
140.0
|
148.0
|
|
No. of leaves
|
23.7
|
26.0
|
|
Leaf weight
(kg)
|
1.30
|
1.50
|
|
Leaf length
(cm)
|
53.8
|
55.0
|
|
Leaf dia (cm)
|
25.0
|
28.2
|
|
Stalk wt.(g)
|
12.1
|
11.6
|
|
Marketable curd
wt. (kg)
|
0.920
|
1.100
|
|
Gross plant
weight (kg)
|
2.290
|
2.670
|
|
Harvest index
(%)
|
40
|
41
|
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