Field experiment was conducted at directorate of sorghum research, Rajendranagar hyderabad during Rabi, 2011 to study the characterization of sixty seven sorghum accessions for various morphological traits both qualitative (Seedling anthocynin colouration of coleoptiles, leaf sheath anthocynin colouration, leaf midrib colour flag leaf yellow colouration of midrib, lemma arista formation, stigma anthocynini colouration, stigma yellow colouration, panicle density, panicle shape, caryosiss colour after threshing, grain shape in profile view, grain size of mark of germ, grain texture of endosperm, grain colour of vitreous albumen, grain lustre) and quantitative (plant natural height, plant total height, stem diameter, grain weight of 1000 grains) based on National DUS guidelines. All the genotypes were grouped based on variations by using DUS descriptors. |
