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