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STUDY ON AGROMORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN GERMPLASAM OF LASIURUS SCINDICUS FROM CHOLISTAN DESERT, PAKISTAN

MUHAMMAD ARSHAD¹*, IBRAR HUSSAIN¹, MUHAMMAD YASIN ASHRAF², SAJIDA NOUREEN³ AND MUHAMMAD MUKHTAR⁴

Abstract: Agro-morphological variations in 11 accessions of Lasiurus scindicus collected from different areas of the Cholistan desert in 2004-2005 were evaluated. The most widely varied variables were number of fertile branches per plant, number of tillers per plant and height of the plant. Considerable range of variation was recorded in number of leaves on main tiller, flag leaf area, length of inflorescence and 4^th node leaf area of main tiller, whereas very low variation was noted in number of internodes on main tiller and length of internode covered by leaf sheath at the 4^th node of main tiller. The accessions DG1/6 collected from Din Garh Fort area, SWT1/2 collected from Sullah Wala Toba, DR1/2 collected from Derawar Fort area, BLT1/2 collected from Bailah Wala Tibba, KWT1/2 collected from Khokhran Wala Toba and CHP1/1 collected from Channanpir area appeared as the best genotypes based on their agro-morphological variation detected in this study.

¹*Cholistan Institute of Desert Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

²Nuclear Institute of Agriculture and Biology, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan

³Department of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

⁴Department of Biochemistry, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Corresponding author's email: marshad54@hotmail.com