What is Clonal Selection?
- A clone is a population of individuals with very little genetic variation among them and that are derived from a single individual by Vegetative Propagation.
- Clone can be defined as the group of plants obtained from a single plant by vegetative propagation such as Cutting, Grafting, Layering etc.
- PROCEDURE for CLONAL SELECTION:
- FIRST YEAR: Prepare a clonal population by vegetative propagation. A plant of Clonal Population can be called as Clone.
- SECOND YEAR: Pick out beneficial clones from the clonal population for cultivation. This step is called as Clonal Selection.
- Individuals must be in Heterozygous condition, meaning the heterozygous condition present in the parent will be retained in the offspring.
- THIRD YEAR: Preliminary Yield trial for selected clones for quality, disease resistance check.
- Fourth- Sixth YEAR: Multilocation Yield trials in different regions
- SEVENTH YEAR: The best clone is multiplied r released as a new variety.
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