Improvement in maturation techniques in cane hybridisation
| MSI99P2067 | |
| Ramdoyal, K. Badaloo, G. Mangar, M. | |
| Improvement in maturation techniques in cane hybridisation | |
| Periodical article | |
| 1995 | |
| Sugar Cane | |
| (6): 12-16 | |
| En | |
| En | |
| Two series of experiments were conducted during the crossing season of 1991 and 1992 with excised flowering stalks to investigate the possibility of conducting seed maturation directly in solution instead of the usual field transplanting method. The studies revealed that the treatments significantly influenced 'days of harvest', fuzz weight and the seedling number per panicle. The mean squares for the variety effect generally exceed the treatment effect for all characters, and more prominently for seedling count. The variety x treatment interaction was highly significant for seedling count in both series of trials and significant for days to harvest in 1991 trials only. As opposed to days to harvest and fuzz weight, seedling count is the most direct way to discriminate between maturation techniques. A significantly higher number of seedlings were obtained when maturation was allowed to proceed in solution. In view of the various advantages derived by this technique, it is proposed henceforth to adopt it on a larger scale in our hybridization programme. | |
| SUGARCANE MATURATION SEEDS DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES BREEDING CROSSING | |
| MAURITIUS | |
| Cane breeding and genetic improvement | |
| 1996-01-25 | |
| En | |
| LIB | |
| CAT | |
| PB |