Society for Scientific development in Agriculture and Technology
Abstract
Not AvailableField studies were conducted in Karnataka, India, in 2008-09 and 2009-10, to determine the floral biology in relation to flowering pattern in a spike and within a spikelet, time of flowering, blooming period and period of anther withering in 3 promising finger millet cultivars, i.e. HR 911, PR 202 and GPU 28. Results revealed that all the 3 cultivars showed a basipetal manner of flowering pattern in a spike and acropetal manner within a spikelet. The time of flowering was recorded as 4.15 AM, 3.40 AM and 3.00 AM and the blooming period was recorded as 7-8, 9 and 8 days in GPU 28, HR 911 and PR 202, respectively. The duration of pollen emergence to anther withering in these cultivars ranged from 25 to 30 minutesNot Availabl
