Vol. 12, Issue 8 (2023)

Author(s):
Shruti Acharya, Dr. SS Rao and Dr. Nandan Mehta

Abstract:
The present study was conducted at the Research-cum- Instructional farm, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, IGKV, Raipur, C.G, during Rabi 2022-23. The research work utilized a set of experimental materials comprising of twenty-three linseed varieties that were released from All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Linseed, IGKV, Raipur, C.G. The material were grown in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. The data were recorded on 13 morphological traits. DUS testing of morphological characters of linseed showed significant amount of distinctiveness for characters viz., flower colour, anther colour, flower heart shape, petal venation colour, petal shape, peal margin, leaf shape, organ position, and seed shape. The characters like petal shape, flower size, plant growth habit and plant height (cm), style and stigma colour exhibited lesser classes of distinctiveness suggesting that these traits are useful in distinguishing varieties in broad level.