Pollen viability studies in cocos nucifera linn

Date

5-1966

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Agronomy

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Teodoro G. Cadiz

Abstract

Coconut buttons, if left unpollinated, shed as early as the fourth and as late as the fiftieth day after stigmatic receptivity. Differences in the three storage media, i.e. cotton, calcium chloride, and powdered charcoal, did not affect the percentage of pollen germination. However, the length of storage proved highly different. Pollen grains with high percentage germination did not necessarily give higher fruit setting than those with low percentage germination. No definite relationship between percent pollen germination and percent fruit setting could be established because of the highly variable fruit setting in coconut. For practical breeding work, pollen grains stored in any one of the three media studied should be used only up to the fifteenth day.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 993.5 1966 A42

Document Type

Thesis

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