Breeding and genetics of arecanut, Areca catechu L. - A review
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2007-02-08
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Work done so far on the range of variation, floral biology, improvement, and cytogenetics of arecanut is reviewed. The review discusses the need for making intensive collection of cultivars for their evaluation to isolate high yielding lines, locating additional characters correlated with yield and having high heritability, and repeating the selection for a number of generations and assessing the actual gains over an extended period of time against the estimates of the different selection parameters that have been identified so far. The possibility of exploiting hybrid vigour for yield by crossing genetically divergent cultivars and inbred lines has been indicated. It has been suggested that a close study of the related species and genera for useful characters may be taken up with a view to transferring them to the background of A. catechu.
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breeding, genetics, coconut,
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J.Plantn.Crops 1980 v-8 i-1 p-13-23