Research Article
Synthetic Brassica napus L.: Development and Studies on Morphological Characters, Yield Attributes, and Yield
Table 1
Morphological characters, yield attributes, and seed yield of synthetic B. napus and its parental genotypes, Alboglabra-1, and Binasarisha-6.
| Characters | Alboglabra-1 | Synthetic B. napus | Binasarisha-6 |
| Plant height (cm) | Mean | 111 | 143 | 106 | Range | 98–123 | 132–160 | 91–116 | CV(%) | 6.3 | 8.3 | 6.8 |
| Petal length (cm) | Mean | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | Range | 1.8–2.0 | 1.7–2.1 | 1.0–1.2 | CV(%) | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Petal width (cm) | Mean | 1.17 | 1.11 | 0.42 | Range | 1.13–1.24 | 0.95–1.21 | 0.38–0.47 | CV(%) | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| Primary branches per plant (no.) | Mean | 3.21 | 4.2 | 6.8 | Range | 2.0–4.0 | 3–6 | 5–8 | CV(%) | 10.0 | 13.8 | 11.3 |
| Pollen fertility (%) | Mean | 90 | 87 | 91 | Range | 87–93 | 74–94 | 89–94 | CV(%) | 3.0 | 5.2 | 3.5 |
| Siliqua setting (%) | Mean | 95 | 93 | 95 | Range | 93–98 | 71–97 | 93–99 | CV(%) | 2.8 | 6.4 | 2.7 |
| Siliqua length (cm) | Mean | 5.9 | 7.7 | 4.1 | Range | 5.3–6.4 | 6.9–8.1 | 3.6–4.7 | CV(%) | 4.8 | 10.2 | 6.0 |
| Beak length (cm) | Mean | 0.75 | 3.02 | 1.53 | Range | 0.69–0.83 | 2.80–3.23 | 1.29–1.69 | CV(%) | 9.0 | 12.0 | 9.9 |
| Siliquae per plant (no.) | Mean | 102 | 77 | 98 | Range | 78–117 | 61–101 | 84–110 | CV(%) | 9.1 | 22.4 | 9.7 |
| Sterile seeds per siliqua (no.) | Mean | — | 2.03 | — | Range | — | 0.0–3.1 | — | CV(%) | — | 11 | — |
| Seeds per siliqua (no.) | Mean | 15.6 | 22.5 | 22.1 | Range | 13–17 | 17–25 | 19–25 | CV(%) | 7.7 | 10.4 | 8.7 |
| 1000-seed wt. (g) | Mean | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 | Range | 3.0–3.3 | 3.7–4.0 | 3.0–3.3 | CV(%) | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| Seed yield per plant (g) | Mean | 4.9 | 6.6 | 6.4 | Range | 3.6–6.0 | 4.3–7.8 | 5.0–7.4 | CV(%) | 11.0 | 15.8 | 9.7 |
| Days to 50% flowering | Mean | 45 | 33 | 35 |
| Days to maturity | Mean | 118 | 95 | 92 |
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