Screening for male fertility status in selected banana genotypes

  • Asish Kumar Panda, PhD Scholar
  • K. Soorianathasundaram and R. M. Vijayakumar Professor (Horticulture)

Abstract

In the present study, twenty-five banana cultivars (eight diploids and seventeen triploids) were screened for their male fertility status with reference to the pollen output per anther, pollen size and pollen viability. The results showed that the pollen output and pollen viability are higher in monospecific diploids than the cultivars having the genome of both Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. Pollen size were higher in triploids than the diploids. The cultivars such as ‘Rose’, ‘Hatidat’, ‘Athiakol’, ‘Bhimkol’ and ‘Popoulu’ were reported to be polleniferous similar to proven male fertile parents such as ‘Pisang Lilin’ or ‘Anaikomban’. The complexities arising out of ploidy status and genomic differences not only impact pollen viability but also pollen production.

Published
30-09-2019
How to Cite
Asish Kumar Panda, K. Soorianathasundaram and R. M. Vijayakumar
Screening for male fertility status in selected banana genotypes. 2019. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 10 3, 1309-1316. Retrieved from https://www.ejplantbreeding.org/index.php/EJPB/article/view/3346
Section
Research Article