KONDAGARI HEMALATHA*, S. K. BILLAIYA, DUDDUKUR RAJASEKHAR, PUSHPENDRA SINGH YADAV
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics1,2, Department of Agronomy
Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidhyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Central Agriculture University, Umaim, Meghalaya
*(e-mail : hemalathakondagari123@gmail.com)
(Received : 01 February 2023: Accepted : 24 February 2023)
SUMMARY
The present Research was conducted in Livestock Farm, All India Coordinated Research Project on Forage Crop (AICRP), Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, JNKVV, Jabalpur,
Madhya Pradesh, India during Rabi season in 2021. This experiment was conducted on 16 0at genotypes for the identification of morphological traits. The observations were recorded in three randomly selected genotypes of each replication for 9 different characters by using the guideline of distinctiveness, uniformity, and stability. The morphological traits of data were recorded on different genotypes of oat traits like Plant growth habit, Lowest leaves of hairiness of sheaths, Leaf blade- hairiness of margins of leaf below flag leaf, Time of panicle emergence, Stem hairiness of uppermost node, Panicle orientation of branches, Ligule shape, Plant length (cm), Panicle length (cm). The information on genotypic characterization plays a major role in the agronomical and morphological traits for the maintenance of genotypes in gene banks. The maximum number of erect plant growth habits (10) followed by weak leaves sheath hairiness (6), Strong leaf blade hairiness (7), medium time of panicle emergence (10), weak stem hairiness of uppermost node (6), erect type of panicle orientation of branches (6), unilateral type of panicle orientation of branches (6), Broad edged Ligule shape (9), medium plant length (6), long panicle length (6).
Key words: Oats, Morphological characterization, DUS guideline