EVALUAflON OF NEW PROMISING GARLIC CLONES THROUGH SELECTION PROGRAM 0F SIDS— 40 VARIETY | ||||
Journal of Plant Production | ||||
Article 21, Volume 31, Issue 8, August 2006, Page 5227-5234 PDF (109.79 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2006.236121 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
A. Abdel-Hamid.; E. N. EI-Banna; A. H.A El-Illorsy | ||||
Potato and Vegetatively Propagated Veget. Dept; Hort. Res. inst: Agric., Res. Center, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
In recent years. it was noticed that yield and quality of Sids-40 garlic variety was reduced as well as the number of cloves per bulb increased with a small clove size, which makes rt undesirable for export -These experiments were carried out to select some new garlic clones from Side-40 garlic variety under the local conditions at the Horticultmal Research Farm of El—Baramoon, Dakahlia Governorata. Egypt Several plants of Bids-40 variety (about 10000 plants) which had good quality of bulbs, characterized by large bulb size. large clove size, regular shape and lower number of cloves per bulb were selected and maintained over three years and nine clones were established as new clones. Comparative studies were carried out among these nine clones in addition to the standard variety (Sids-40) during the two successive seasons of 20022003 and 20032004. The results indicated that the clones No. 10. 12 and 13 were the best clones. The three clones No. 10. 12 and 13 were planted with the standard variety (Sids-40) in the two successive growing seasons of 20042005 31d 20059006 The results illustrated that the clone number 10 surpassed the other selected clones and also the standard variety in all the studied characters i.e. ptant height. leaves number per plant. leaves dry weight. bulbing ratio. total yield. bulb weight. bulb diameter. number of cloves per bulb and clove weight as well as the storability during the 1" and 2"“I seasons of study. Data indicated that the clone No 10 recorded increments of total yield reached {13.6 — 13.74 %) compared with the standared variety ( Sids-40) during the last seasons of 20042005 - 200512005. respectively. Thus. this new promising garlic clone (No. 10) can replace of the common ones for its high productivity and good quality . | ||||
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