Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
K Bhavana, Dr. K Swarajya Lakshmi, Dr. V Vijaya Bhaskar, Dr. VV Padmaja and Dr. M Jayaprada

Abstract:
An experiment was conducted to study the variation in VM₄ mutants at Dr. YSRHU-College of Horticulture, Anantharajupeta, Annamayya district, Andhra Pradesh during the period of 2022-2023. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design with two replications and 25 treatments. The results revealed that the morphological traits that contributed significantly to the variability were those related leaf length, days to flowering, bud and flower color, flower type, rows of tepals, tepal tip, inflorescence, flower shape, flower tube shape, tepal color on the abaxial side, bud length, flower diameter and days taken for flowering. The morphological characterization highlighted distinct differences for 11 qualitative traits and 7 quantitative traits.