Flower and fruit development of Parkia pendula (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae)

Piechowski, Daniel; Gottsberger, Gerhard

doi:10.1590/s0102-33062009000400025

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“…Formation of flowers, pod or seed setting characters are highly variable in pungam trees from locality to locality, the variation may be related with genetic effect of the tree (Nelsonnavamaniraj, 2005) and the environmental factors prevailing at the particular locality (Dhillon et al, 2009). Similar variation in seed setting and percentage was also reported in different crops by different researchers (Gassama-Dia et al, 2003, Ndoye et al, 2004, Natarajan and Srimathi, 2008, Bentos et al, 2008, Piechowski and Gottsberger, 2009, Adjaloo et al, 2012and Kukade and Tidke, 2013.…”

Section: Flowering Phenologysupporting

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Studies on floral phenology, fruit and seed maturation and harvest index based on fruit colour in Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre

Srimathi¹

2013

Afr. J. Plant Sci.

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Pongamia pinnata is a leguminous tree having enormous potential of producing high seed oil that could be as a source of biofuel. The collection of pods with higher seed quality characters is much important for production of elite seedlings at nursery and hence studies related to seed maturation were initiated as matured seed is the basic character of quality seed. To evaluate the steps in obtaining quality seed from the tree, studies were initiated on floral phenology, fruit and seed maturation and on evaluation of fresh fruit colour variation on seed and seedling quality characters. The results revealed that in pungam, the flowers per inflorescence ranged from 28.4 to 44.0, and only 3-4 per cent of the flowers set as pods. But the seed set was obtained with 80 per cent of the pods. The studies on pod maturation revealed that seeds of pods attained physiological maturation at 26 weeks after anthesis and it was accompanied with the change in colour of pods from green to dark brown and the seed from greenish white to dark brown, where the seeds had potential for higher germination (98 per cent). Evaluation on harvest index based on fresh fruits colour (yellow, light brown and dark brown) revealed that the seeds of light brown fruits recorded the higher germination (96 per cent), and seedling quality characters suggesting the collection of light brown fruits for obtaining good quality seed for sowing. The colour of pods also coincided with the colour obtained with maturation of pod studied with tagged flowers.

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Section: Flowering Phenologysupporting

confidence: 79%

Studies on floral phenology, fruit and seed maturation and harvest index based on fruit colour in Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre

Srimathi¹

2013

Afr. J. Plant Sci.

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Reproductive Phenology of Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.

Deepakkumar¹

2018

J. Non-Timber Forest Prod.

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Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr. is a fast growing, large size deciduous tree which is widely used for Jhingan gum extraction, timber, ornamental and medicinal purpose. The better understanding of phenology will help us to efficient utilization of these trees in urban landscapes and agroforestry systems. The present investigation revealed that L. coromandelica was starts flowering from Mid-January to March. It has a mean of 26 flowers per inflorescence with 0.54 % fruit set and 0.80% seed set around.The fruits attain harvest maturity at 18th week after anthesis with a distinctive colour change from light red to darker red colour. Seeds are orthodox in nature and have maximum of 52.67% germination.

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Flower and fruit development of Parkia pendula (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae)

Cited by 2 publications

References 10 publications

Studies on floral phenology, fruit and seed maturation and harvest index based on fruit colour in Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre

Studies on floral phenology, fruit and seed maturation and harvest index based on fruit colour in Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre

Reproductive Phenology of Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.

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