This paper discusses results of the preliminary characterization and evaluation of 95 accessions of sorghum germplasm collected from Andhra Pradesh under the National Agricultural Technology Project (Mission Mode-Plant Biodiversity). A total of 28 agro-morphological and one biochemical character were studied. The accessions exhibited good variability in both qualitative and quantitative traits. In qualitative traits, maximum diversity was observed in earhead compactness, glume colour, seed size, and seed colour. The days to 50% tlowering (60–121). plant height (103–270 cm). earhead length (8.96–39.65 cm). stem fresh weight (50–940 g), stem dry weight (30–290 g) and grain yield (14–83 g) showed good variability in quantitative traits. The correlation coefficients of the quantitative traits were also analysed.
Characterization, Evaluation, Germplasm, Sorghum
