Cashew Germplasm Bank for Plain areas of Karnataka

Author: Ramachandra R.K.*, Rajendra B.N., Vishnuvardhana, Ashwathanarayana Reddy N., Anjaneya Reddy B., Subramanyam B. and Ramesh M.

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Abstract

The cashew germplasm bank located in HREC, Hogalagere, holds 50 accessions and all of them belong to Anacardium occidentale L. Introduction of plants into the germplasm bank started at HREC, Hogalagere from 2012. In recent times, the focus of cashew germplasm bank is to evaluate, document and conserve the plant material for further use to enhance the nut yield characters in cashew crop and to serve as basis for agronomic and morphological characterizations of accessions for the support of breeding programs. The accessions are being evaluated for their morphological, vegetative, flowering and nut yield attributes. The genetic variability contained in the collection is being used to develop hybrids with preferred cashew clones. The genetic basis of cashew has been expanded by natural and artificial hybridization with regular cashew genotypes from the germplasm bank, to increase the nut weight, size, shelling percentage and lustering characters of nut.

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Anacardium occidentale, characterization, evaluation, genetic resources, plain region.