Floral biology, breeding system and pollination of Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Sm

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dc.contributor.author Pal, Soumitra
dc.contributor.author Mondal, Subrata
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-21T10:17:40Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-21T10:17:40Z
dc.date.issued 2019-07-02
dc.identifier.issn 2249-7390
dc.identifier.uri https://mcc-idr.l2c2academy.co.in/xmlui/handle/123456789/406
dc.description Journal Articles en_US
dc.description.abstract The present paper reveals the floral biology, breeding system and pollination of Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Sm. which is a medicinally important plant distributed throughout the India. The flowering period of plants ranged from July to January and the beautiful, pale pink, nectariferous flowers start to open from 05:30 h and continued up to 06:30 h. Asingle flower produced 485±23.0 pollen grains in average. Different insects represented by Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera and Thysanoptera were found to visit the flowers for nectar. Apis dorsata were found as the most dominant and effective one among the flower visitors. The fruit set in natural open conditions was 8.8 %, however no fruit set was observed in netting and bagging condition. In case of hand pollination 12 % fruit set were observed through xenogamy which is better than fruit formation through geitonogamy (4 %) and autogamy (0).Results from the breeding experiment suggested that, the plants exhibits xenogamous breeding system. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher The international journal of plant reproductive biology en_US
dc.subject Floral biology en_US
dc.subject Breeding system en_US
dc.subject Pollination en_US
dc.subject Oxystelma esculentum en_US
dc.title Floral biology, breeding system and pollination of Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Sm en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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