Wow! Wonderful!! Thanks Rawat ji for this information and link to the article! It's really a great news...first fruits of the species in India! I am so glad that Dr. Hameed and his team have finally succeeded after long efforts...
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:01 AM, D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Vijayaskankar Ji > Long efforts have fruited now. > Here is the success story published in Current Science: > > http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/110/06/0976.pdf > Regards. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > On Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 11:10:46 AM UTC+5:30, Vijayasankar wrote: >> >> Thanks Aarti ji for sharing these pictures. I think i got the id, >> finally. >> >> It is nothing but the very famous 'double coconut' palm, *Lodoicea >> maldivica*. >> >> There is a single female tree in India, growing in the Indian Botanical >> Gardens in Kolkata. And the nearest male tree is in Sri Lanka (Peradenia >> garden). The scientists in IBG said they have to get pollen from Sri Lanka >> when flowers in both the trees are active. >> And the pollen have to be dusted over the stigma before it looses its >> receptivity. And the viability period of pollen needs to be considered, >> too. The experts here are trying their best to get the tree pollinated and >> get set fruits. This is the story in 2009 and i don't know the present >> situation. >> >> I wish the scientists all success in their noble endeavors. >> >> Regards >> >> >> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. >> Post Doctoral Research Associate >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> Thad Cochran Research Center >> University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 >> Phone: +1 662 915 1018 >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:20 AM, Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> At the same Peradeniya Gardens in Kandy, Sri Lanka. >>> >>> Aarti >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Vijayasankar ------------------------------------------ Vijayasankar Raman Research Scientist National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi, USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
