Performance of Different Accessions of Pongamia Pinnata

Pongamia pinnata is one of the most promising tree borne oil seed species. Ten better performing accessions mainly based on fruiting were evaluated. Uniform size semi-hardwood cuttings were made and were treated with IBA @ 600 ppm. The cuttings were measured, after 75 days of planting for ischolar_main length, shoot length, collar diameter, fresh weight and dry weight. The shoot length, collar diameter, fresh weight and dry weight had shown significant difference between the sources. Broad sense heritability was highest for ischolar_maining (99.58%) followed by fresh and dry weight. Fresh weight showed high genetic advance. The sources Mundara (Tikamgarh) and Khadauli (Agra) performed better in terms of dry matter production as well as ischolar_maining.