Investigation of Finger Millet Floral Structure and Hand Emasculation

The knowledge of floral structure, biology and pollination behavior are pre-requisite for understanding the system its manipulation developing a proper crossing in which is largely lacking small millets. variability structure was studied various finger millet genotypes. inflorescence consisted cluster variable number spikes called fingers. Each has two opposite rows spikelets. A spiklete contains florets. florets hermaphrodite, perfect except terminal floret covered by large glumes, enclosed between pair palea. axil lemma. androecium consists three stamens. gynoecium bicarpellary, unilocular with superior ovary. Near base ovary lodicules present. There wide range variation length anther, filament, stigma style. Anthesis occurred 1.00 a.m. to 6.00 a.m., peak period anthesis being 3.00 5.00 pollen viability at time dehiscence anthers ranged from 76.92 100 percent. Keywords: Emasculation, Finger millet, DOI: 10.7176/JNSR/13-14-01 Publication date: July 31 st 2022