Volume: 35 Issue: 4
Correlation and path analysis of somaclones of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.)
Year: 2013, Page: 175-178, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v35i4.Paul
Received: March 25, 2013 Accepted: Nov. 8, 2013 Published: Dec. 31, 2013
Correlation and path analys is of rhizome yiel d-contributing characters were carried out in 82 somaclones of ginger cv. Rio-de-Janei ro regenerated i n vi tro vi a adventiti ous shoot bud organogenesis. The results revealed that the analyzed characters such as height of pseudostem, number of tillers/ plant, number of leaves/ tiller, leaf length, leaf breath, leaf area, number of primary, secondary and terti ary fingers, length and girth of primary and secondary fingers, inter nodal length of primary and secondary fingers, thickness of inner core of rhizome and rhizome yield have positive correlation with crop yield. Direct selection based on leaf area, length and girth of primary fingers, number of tillers/ plant, thickness of inner core of rhizome and number of leaves/ tiller could be taken as good selection criteria to isolated high yielding genotypes of this medicinal herb.
Keywords: Correlation, Ginger, Path analysis, Somaclones, Zingiber officinale
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Resmi Paul, MR Shylaja. 2013. Correlation and path analysis of somaclones of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.). J Med Aromat Plant Sci 35: 175-178.
