Procedure for artificial cross pollination in clove (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Syzygium aromaticum</Emphasis>)

P. A. Pool; N. Bermawie

doi:10.1007/BF00041491

Euphytica

January 1987, Volume 36, Issue 2, pp 479–482 | Cite as

Procedure for artificial cross pollination in clove (Syzygium aromaticum)

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P. A. Pool
N. Bermawie

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Received: 08 September 1986

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A technique for artificial cross pollination in clove is described. This involves emasculating flowers two days before anthesis, and pollinating four days later. Following this procedure a seed set of approximately 25% can be expected.

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Syzygium aromaticum clove artificial cross pollination

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Pool, P. A. & N. Bermawie, 1986. Floral biology of the Zanzibar type clove (Syzygium aromaticum) in Indonesia. Euphytica 35: 217–223.Google Scholar
Purseglove, J. W., 1968. Tropical crops, Dicotyledons. Longman, London and New York.Google Scholar

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P. A. Pool
- 1
N. Bermawie
- 2

1.Research Institute for Spices and Medicinal CropsBogorIndonesia
2.Department of Agricultural BotanyUniversity of ReadingReadingUK