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Morphological and oil content variation in seeds of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Neem) from northern and western provenances of India

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Seed morphology (seed length and 20 seed weight) and oil content was studied in Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Neem) of five provenances of northern and western India. Trees with wide ranges of girths were considered for study. Maximum average oil content was observed in trees from Hisar provenance. Seed oil content in most of the provenances was not consistently and significantly correlated with morphological parameters of seeds. Age of the tree had no significant effect on the oil yield.

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  1. Department of Genetics, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar –, 125 004, India

    S.K. Kaura & J.B. Chowdhury

  2. Oil Seeds Section, Department of Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar –, 125 004, India

    S.K. Gupta

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Kaura, S., Gupta, S. & Chowdhury, J. Morphological and oil content variation in seeds of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Neem) from northern and western provenances of India. Plant Foods Hum Nutr 52, 293–298 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008013424150

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