Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Shweta L Lagad, DK Zate, Yogesh S Borde, AA Deshmukh and HV Kalpande

Abstract:
The Amaranthus (A. hypochondriacus) is one of the prominent grain crop in India, diversely grown in different agro-climatic regions mostly in rabi season. Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS) characterization is a significant approach in identifying and evaluating diverse genotypes for quality seed production. Therefore, the present experiment was conducted during rabi 2022-23 at experimental research farm, Department of Agril. Botany, VNMKV, Parbhani to characterize and evaluate variation present in grain amaranthus through DUS descriptors. The qualitative and quantitative characters were tested for thirty grain Amaranthus genotypes. All thirty genotypes found differed for almost all qualitative characters viz. plant growth habit (semierect, erect and drooping), leaf colour (pinkish, yellowish green, green), leaf width (narrow, medium and broad), inflorescence colour (yellowish green, pink and green), stem colour (yellowish green, pink and green), stem surface (ridged and smooth), inflorescence shape (globose, straight and semi drooping), inflorescence compactness (intermediate, dense and lax), inflorescence spininess (smooth and spiny) and seed colour (creamish, pale yellow).