Indian Horticulture Journal
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

Characterization and Evaluation of Collected Genotypes of Chaulai (Amaranthus tricolor)

  • Author:
  • Deepika Chandravanshi, H G Sharma1, Pravin Kumar Sharma1, Chetna Banjare
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 87 to 89

1Fruit Science, Indira Gandhi Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Raipur-492 012, Chhattisgarh, India

Department of Horticulture (Vegetable Science), Indira Gandhi Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Raipur-492 012, Chhattisgarh, India

*e-mail: dp.chandra.888@gmail.com

Online published on 8 May, 2017.

Abstract

The study was conducted at Instructional, cum-Research Farm of Department of Horticulture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) during rabi season (2014–15) to evaluation and characterization of leafy vegetables (Amaranthus spp.) grown in Chhattisgarh. The result indicated that the maximum plant height (cm), number of leaves per 10 plant, leaf length (cm), leaf breadth (cm), root length (cm), fresh weight (g), number of branches per plant, leaf yield (kg/plot) was recorded in the genotype IGCB-52 (83.91 cm), IGCB-31 (26.40), IGCB-45 (3.58 cm), IGCB-45 (3.58), IGCB-51 (13.84 cm), IGCB-45 (26.72 g), IGCB-40 (6.17), IGCB-45 (9.25 kg/plot).

Keywords

Amaranthus tricolor, Evaluation, Genotypes, Growth parameter, Yield