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CSIR-IHBT Annual Report 2015-16

Marigold breeding: Ninety nine breeding lines of marigold were developed through
hybridization and selection approaches. These selected breeding lines were evaluated for morpho-
agronomic traits for two seasons during 2014-15 and 2015-16 (Fig. 5; Table 4).

Fig. 5 a) Marigold plant and b) marigold flower

Table 4: Morphological characteristics of marigold breeding lines

S. No. Morphological Range Mean
parameters
1 Plant Height (cm) 35 - 98 71.44
2 Flower diameter (cm) 4.6 - 7.6 6.12
3 Flower no./plant 3 - 101 31.0
4 No. of buds 27.4
5 Total ower + buds 7 - 60 57.28
6 Flower wt. (g) 18 - 107 10.52
7 No. of branches 8.57 - 15.12 7.12
8 Plant spread (cm) 61.34
4 - 15
35 - 97

Registration of Germplasm: Registration of two gerbera cultivars “Him Glow” (INGR15019)
and “Him Peace” (INGR15018) as germplasm at National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources
(NBPGR) by Plant Germplasm Registration Committee (PGRC) of Indian Council of
Agricultural Research.

Publications:

· Singh S, Ram Raja, Kaundal S, Sharma A, Kumar A and Dhyani D (2016) Field
performance and differential response of micro-propagated potential F1 genotypes of
Gerbera jamesonii. American Journal of Experimental Agriculture,10(1): 1-11.

· Yadav AK, Kaundal S, Sharma A and Singh S (2015) Chilling Stress tolerance in plants:
Physiology and mechanisms. In: Recent advances in plant stress physiology. Praduman
Yadav, Sunil Kumar (eds.) Astral International (P.) Ltd., India ISBN 978-93-5124-730-2,
pp.-185-199.

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