Tài liệu AMAZONIAN ACCESSIONS OF WILD HEVEA GERMPLASM - A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF DROUGHT TOLERANCE pptx

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A mature rubber plantation

Amazonian accessions of wild Hevea

germplasm – A potential source of

drought tolerance

M. A. Mercy, D.B. Nair, Meena Singh, T. Meenakumari,

C.P. Reghu and Kavitha K. Mydin

Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam – 686 009, Kerala, India

Rubber Board

(Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India)

Email for correspondence:[email protected]

Introduction

Expansion of

rubber

cultivation from

traditional to

non-traditional

regions in India

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Introduction contd…

Early detection of stress resistant traits – useful

for the development of location specific clones.

The narrow genetic base of Wickham genepool

and the unidirectional selection for yield limits the

availability of sufficient genetic variability.

1981-IRRDB germplasm collection – a valuable

reservoir of genes for various abiotic stresses.