Identification of Male Sterile Lines and Floral Characterization of White Onion (Alium cepa)
Naveenkumar B S *
IGKV-Raipur, India.
Veere Gowda R
ICAR-IIHR. Bengaluru, India.
Padmini K
ICAR-IIHR. Bengaluru, India.
Rajshree Gayen
IGKV-Raipur, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The investigation was conducted at the Division of Vegetable Crops, IIHR- Bengaluru. The experiment was carried out with a Randomized block design with 10 treatments and 3 replications namely PW0-18, TW-18, PWR-18, RW-18, and AW-O-18 these Male sterile lines, and their respective fertile lines were identified by visual observation, staining, and bagging techniques.
Keywords: Onion, staining, fertile, sterile, bagging