A bold capsuled cardamom [Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton] variety PV 2 - Suitable for cardamom Hill Reserves of Kerala

Abstract

Propagation of cardamom [Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton] through seeds produces heterogeneous progeny, which is genetically not uniform failing to produce true to type due to out breeding nature of crop. Pattanshetti (1980) [1] noticed high degree of variability in yield among the seedling progenies on account of genetic heterozygocity by cross-pollination. Such enormous variation in yield in the seedling population helps in the selection of high yielding varieties in cardamom, aptly meeting the present day demand in the marketing front. Hence an extensive research work was conducted with an objective of developing bold capsuled and high yielding variety from open pollinated seedlings of PV 1.