Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp] (2n =22)] is an important pulse crop that provide food fodder and variable sources of proteins for poor smallholder farmers in the semi-arid tropics and it can survive in dry environments (Damor et al., 2016; Khoiriyah et al., 2017). In this study 104 germplasm were evaluated and morphological characterization are carried out by visual observation on the basis of DUS characterization, which was conducted in Augmented Randomized Complete Block Design (RBD) with 4 blocks during kharif 2020-2021 at College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The observation are recorded on five randomly selected plants in each genotype for the following 15 qualitative traits viz, Anthocyanin colour on hypocotyls, Flower pattern of streaks on petal, Pod constriction, Pod pubescence, Plant branching pattern, Stem colour, Pod colour, leaf shape, Leaf pubescence on lower surface of the leaf, Pod surface stickiness, Colour of flower base of petal, Plant growth habit, seed colour, seed colour pattern seed shape. The qualitative characters showed wide variation and the potential germplasm may be utilized for further breeding program.