1National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Shimla-171004, Himachal Pradesh, India.
2National Research Centre for Onion and Garlic, Rajgurunagar-410505, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
3NBPGR, Regional Station, Bhowali-263132, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India.
*Author for Correspondence: E-mail: dpwalia@rediffmail.com
A total of 56 accessions including 12 wild and cultivated Allium species were collected from Lahaul & Spiti, Kinnaur, Chamba and Shimla districts of Himachal Pradesh and were characterized using IBPGR descriptors. Poor establishment was noticed in A. humile, A. carolinianum and A. auriculatum indicating their poor adaptation to changed habitat. Collected population of wild Allium species showed genetic variation within the species for characters such as bulb shape, pungency, 100-seed weight etc.
Allium, Wild species, Collection, Characterization, Himachal Pradesh
