Articles
Adaptability of recently recommended rubber clones for agro-climatic variability of Sri Lanka
Authors:
SP Withanage ,
Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, Dartonfield, Agalawatta, LK
DPSTG Attanayake,
Faculty of Agriculture and Plantation Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Makandura, LK
KBA Karunasekera
Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, Dartonfield, Agalawatta, LK
Abstract
Fifteen new Hevea clones which were planted in eight different sites in 1998 were studied to select stable clones for wide range of agro-climatic variability. The analysis of variance indicated the presence of significant genetic, environmental and genotype environment interaction for 5th year girth measurement. Variance of clones over environments used as the stability index. Mean stability and the mean performance were used to categorized the fifteen clones into four groups with different levels of mean performances and stabilities. The clones RRISL 215 and RRISL 217 were shown to be highly stable over all the environments with high mean performance.
Key words: agro-climatic variability; clones; Hevea brasiliensis
DOI: 10.4038/jrrisl.v87i0.1808
Journal of the Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, (2005) 87, 1-6
How to Cite:
Withanage, S., Attanayake, D. and Karunasekera, K., 2010. Adaptability of recently recommended rubber clones for agro-climatic variability of Sri Lanka. Journal of the Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, 87, pp.1–6. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jrrisl.v87i0.1808
Published on
19 Apr 2010.
Peer Reviewed
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