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Exploration, collection and characterization of Kala zeera (Bunium persicum Boiss. Fedtsch.) germplasm from northwestern Himalayas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2022

Mohd Anwar Khan Open the ORCID record for Mohd Anwar Khan [Opens in a new window] ,
Suhail Altaf ,
Safoora Shafi ,
Bilal Ahmad Bhat ,
Waseem Ali Dar ,
Feroz Ahmad Parry  and
Reyazul Rouf Mir Open the ORCID record for Reyazul Rouf Mir [Opens in a new window]
Mohd Anwar Khan*
Affiliation:
SKUAST-Kashmir, Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), Wadura Campus, Sopore, 193201 Kashmir, India SKUAST-Kashmir, Mountain Agriculture Research and Extension Station (MAR&ES), Gurez, India
Suhail Altaf
Affiliation:
SKUAST-Kashmir, Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), Wadura Campus, Sopore, 193201 Kashmir, India
Safoora Shafi
Affiliation:
SKUAST-Kashmir, Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), Wadura Campus, Sopore, 193201 Kashmir, India
Bilal Ahmad Bhat
Affiliation:
SKUAST-Kashmir, Mountain Agriculture Research and Extension Station (MAR&ES), Gurez, India
Waseem Ali Dar
Affiliation:
SKUAST-Kashmir, Mountain Agriculture Research and Extension Station (MAR&ES), Gurez, India
Feroz Ahmad Parry
Affiliation:
SKUAST-Kashmir, Mountain Agriculture Research and Extension Station (MAR&ES), Gurez, India
Reyazul Rouf Mir
Affiliation:
SKUAST-Kashmir, Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), Wadura Campus, Sopore, 193201 Kashmir, India
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Author for correspondence: Mohd Anwar Khan, E-mail: anwarkhan@skuastkashmir.ac.in
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Abstract

A study was conducted to collect and characterize the indigenous Kala zeera (Bunium persicum Boiss. Fedtsch.) accessions from the hills of northwestern Himalayan sates of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Around 1000 accessions were collected during this exploration mission, out of which diversity of 252 accessions was established through morphological characterization. The morpho-agronomic characterization and the analysis of trait data revealed significant variability in number of branches per plant, number of umbelets per umbel, number of seeds per plant, seed yield per plant and 1000 seed weight. The collection and characterization of these diverse accessions can prove useful in future Kala zeera improvement programmes in the world as this is the first such comprehensive report of the crop from northwestern Himalayan region of India.

Keywords

Genetic diversityGermplasmIndigenous accessionsKala zeera
Type
Short Communication
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Plant Genetic Resources , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , February 2022 , pp. 62 - 65
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of NIAB

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