Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources
  • Year: 2002
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 3

Addition to the Germplasm of Allium roylei Stearn

  • Author:
  • Geeta Sharma, RN Gohil
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 288 to 289

Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu-180 006 (Jammu and Kashmir).

Abstract

The present communication adds to the existing germplasm of Allium roylei Stearn, a known source of genes for providing resistance to the common onion A. cepa against some pathogens. Problems encountered in its identification and some differences from the earlier collections have been recorded.

Keywords

Allium roylei, Collections, Germplasm