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Morphological Diversity in Germplasm of Panicum antidotale Retz
Younas Sohail, M.F. Nisar, Abdul M ajeed, M. Arshad and Sajil Ism ail
Corresponding Author: Muhammad Farrukh Nisar
Submitted: 2009 November, 24
Accepted: 2009 December, 18
Published: 2010 January, 10 |
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The study was conducted during 2005 for screening the best germplasm of a perennial grass Panicum
antidotale Retz. from Cholistan desert, Pakistan. A total of nine accessions were assessed through morphoanatomical
characters and data generated, revealed considerable variation for flag leaf area, num ber of hairs
on upper surface of the leaf, number of hairs on lower surface of the leaf, number of epidermal appendages at
the margins of leaf base, thickness of leaf cuticle, number of stomata on upper surface of the leaf, stomatal
index and number of epidermal cells on upper surface of leaf. Three accessions SH2/1, KWT1/1 and SH1/1
showed high variation and appeared as the best genotypes based on morpho-anatomical characters examined
in this study. These accessions should further be tested under a wide range of environmental stresses such as
drought, salinity and high temperature, to find stress tolerant ecotypes. This may be propagated for the
restoration of degraded rangelands of Cholistan.
Key words: Accessions, cholistan desert, morpho-anatomical, Panicum antidotale, variation, ,
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Younas Sohail, M.F. Nisar, Abdul M ajeed, M. Arshad and Sajil Ism ail, . Morphological Diversity in Germplasm of Panicum antidotale Retz. Asian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, (1): Page No: 38-41.
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