Forwarding again for assistance pl. as below: "Would it tell us whether it belongs to diploid and tetraploid plant ?"
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Date: 2009/11/8 Subject: [indiantreepix:22621] ... of diploid and tetraploid To: Indian Tree Pix <[email protected]>, rashida atthar < [email protected]> Dear friends, ... while searching for *Gossypium hirsutum* on the internet, found lot of matter that enlightened me ... for instance, there are only four species among 42 which are cultivated, rest being of wild nature ... the four namely *G. arboreum*, *G. herbaceum*, *G. hirsutum* and *G. barbadense*. The first two species are diploid ... and are native of old world ... the last two are tetraploid ... referred to as New world cottons. *G. hirsutum* is the predominant species, which alone contributes about 90% to the global production. ... interesting reading at http://www.kapasindia.com/TMCOnline/root/common/GeneralCottonCul.asp Attached is a 17 MAY 09 photo shot at a villager's backyard in Yeoor Hills, Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Thane, showing a burst cotton pod. Would it tell us whether it belongs to diploid and tetraploid plant ? Regards. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
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