Studies on morphological characteristics of ber (Ziziphus mauritiana L.) genotypes
Keywords:
Ziziphus mauritiana L., variability, thorn, leaf, fruit and stone characters.Abstract
The study was carried out to characterize morphological parameter of twelve Z. mauritiana genotypes using randomized block design with three replications during the year 2017-18 and 2018-19 at Department of Horticulture, University of Agricultural Science, Raichur 584104, Karnataka. The results revealed a significant variability across the Z. mauritiana genotypes for all the characters under study exception of thorn base width. Low to comparatively moderate environmental variations for the characters were observed from 1.98% to 16.85%. Among the genotypes, Chhuhara and Mehrun showed excellent thorn characteristics and produced chocolate brown colour fruit, round fruit base, less numbers of fruit drop and highest number of fruits per kg. Thus, these recognized genotypes might be considered as prominent for growing or further utilization as a source of desirable gene in future for Z. mauritiana improvement.
