GENOTYPES OF POPULUS AND THEIR EVALUATION IN TERAI REGION OF UTTAR PRADESH

Abstract

Owing to their specific photoperiodic requirements, different exotic
genotypes of Populus were introduced in Terai region of Uttar Pradesh.
The indigenous clones were also developed from open pollinated seeds.
Their screening was conducted in nursery to select promising ones which
were further studied in populetums. Afterwards they were evaluated in
field. Overall performance of indigenous and American clones was found
better than those obtamed form other sources. Some of the outstanding
clones were S7C15, S7C20, G-48, 1-18/62, L-34, L-52, EL-74, S7Cl,
D-75, L-51/84, L-154/84, L-301/84 etc.