Field evaluation of Amaranthus species for foliage yield and its component characters

Lilambruta Pradhan; Dr. Sasmita Priyadarshini Dash

Field evaluation of Amaranthus species for foliage yield and its component characters

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Lilambruta Pradhan and Dr. Sasmita Priyadarshini Dash

Abstract:

Twenty two genotypes collected from different parts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh and maintained at M.S Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Gajapati, Odisha and subjected to evaluation for 17 quantitative characters and 5 qualitative characters. The data were analyzed for the character viz., plant height (cm), plant fresh weight (g), number of leaves per plant, number of branch per plant, leaf length (cm), leaf width (cm), leaf area (cm²), petiole length (cm), stem fresh weight (g), root fresh weight (g), fresh leaf weight (g), leaf stem ratio, germination percentage (%), harvest index %, foliage yield (kg per plot), biological yield (kg per plot), crop duration (days), dry matter percentage of plant, TSS, chlorophyll and fibre content.

This analysis of variance revealed that mean sum of squares due to genotypes was highly significant for all the studied characters. This is an indication of existence of sufficient variability among the genotypes for foliage yield and its component traits. Highest yield mean performance seen in genotype AMAR- 07 local collection from Pathpatnam. AMAR- 07 was superior among all the genotype for most of the quantitative characters plant height, petiole length, leaf length, leaf width, leaf stem ratio, biological yield, foliage yield .whereas AMAR-01 was superior among all the genotype for most of the qualitative characters viz. dry matter % and fibre content. AMAR- 17 was superior among all the genotype for most of the qualitative characters viz. chlorophyll b and total chlorophyll content.

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Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

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Lilambruta Pradhan and Dr. Sasmita Priyadarshini Dash. Field evaluation of Amaranthus species for foliage yield and its component characters. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2019;8(4):2610-2613.

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Field evaluation of Amaranthus species for foliage yield and its component characters

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