Factors affecting pollen shedding capacity in wheat

✍ Scribed by S. M. Beri; S. C. Anand

• Book ID: 104624539
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 285 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0014-2336
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00056096

✦ Synopsis

Twenty-two promising wheat varieties were studied for their plant height, length of filament, size of anther, number of pollen grains/anther and the extent of pollen shed outside the florets. Plant height and length of filament ranged from 54 cm to 136 cm and 4 .5 mm to 11 .9 mm, respectively . Taller plants showed a tendency to longer filaments . The number of pollen grains/anther varied from 581 to 2153 . This character was particularly correlated with plant height . Tall varieties with more pollen grain/ anther shed greater quantities of pollen outside the florets . This was due to longer filaments of most of the tall varieties . The size of anther was also positively correlated with pollen grain/anther .