Evaluation of Biodiversity in Subtropical Plums

Studies on Floral Morphology of Subtropical Plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.)

“…The time of flowering varied from first week of February to first week of March and showed duration of as short as 14 days to as long as 31 days. The time and duration of flowering is considered more or less a shifting event depending on season, age, vigor of the plant besides the extent of winter chilling to break the rest followed by warm temperature (Kang et al, 2005)…”

“…Improvement of plum had been taken up since 1989, by screening the rich indigenous genetic diversity in Punjabthe Indian subtropics, with the objective to select the superior varieties/strains. Extensive exploration were made in the plum growing areas of Punjab state, more diversity has also been reported by Kang et al, (2005) based on characters. Some accession identified, were evaluated for fruit characters, maturity period, bearing and tree vigour etc.…”