1Department of Medicinal Crops, HC & RI, TNAU, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
Department of Vegetable Crops Horticultural, College and Research Institute Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Periyakulam-625 604 (Tamil Nadu), India
An investigation was carried out at Department of Spices and Plantation Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during three seasons viz., season I (June 2008-August 2008), season II (October 2008-December 2008) and season III (June 2009-August 2009). From the study on mean performance of different genotypes, CS 101 recorded highest chlorophyll ‘a’ (0.669, 0.359 and 0.424 mg), ascorbic acid content (195.14, 156.45 and 149.08 mg), leaf calcium content (195.03, 205.30 and 197.52 mg) and leaf iron content (1.97, 1.93 and 1.84 mg) under three seasons. However, CS 88 recorded highest chlorophyll ‘b’ under three seasons (0.859, 0.857 and 0.706 mg). CS 18 recorded maximum leaf protein content (4.36, 4.49 and 4.11 g) under all the three seasons. These genotypes can be used successfully in breeding programmes to improve the quality of coriander genotypes.
Chlorophyll content, Coriandrum sativum, Different seasons, Quality analysis
