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Pak. J. Bot., 47(1): 377-381, 2015.

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  Updated: 24-02-15

 

 

EVALUATION OF POLLEN VIABILITY IN DATE PALM CULTIVARS UNDER DIFFERENT STORAGE TEMPERATURES

 

MARYAM1, M. JAFAR JASKANI1*, BILQUES FATIMA1, M. SALMAN HAIDER1, SUMMAR ABBAS NAQVI1, M. NAFEES1,3, RASHID AHMAD2 AND IQRAR AHMAD KHAN1

 

Abstract: Date palm is a dioecious monocotyledonous plant which belongs to Arecaceae family. Date palm pollen retains viability for a single growing season. Air dried pollen was enclosed in sealed capsules and stored at 4°C, -20°C and -80°C for different storage periods (1, 3, 6, 12 months). Pollen viability of fresh and stored pollen was determined by in vitro germination and staining test. After thawing, stored pollens were cultured in petri dishes and incubated at three different temperature i.e., 20°C, 25°C and 30°C for different time periods (3, 6, 12 and 24 hours). Pollen grains looking normal and stained red were considered viable, whereas weakly stained or colorless were recorded as non viable. Germination test showed that pollen of cultivar Khadrawy stored at -20°C had higher germination (71.22%) when incubated at 30°C for 24 hours after 12 months of storage while least was in Hillawi i.e. 34.86%.

 

Key words: Pollen, Viability, Phoenix dactylifera, Arecaceae.

 


1Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan

2Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan

3University College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

*Corresponding author e-mail: jjaskani@uaf.edu.pk


   
   

 

   
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