Division of Plant Exploration and Germplasm Collection, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi-110 012
*Author for Correspondence: E-mail: ritagupta@nbpgr.ernet.in
Online published on 30 January, 2013.
A total of 90 accessions of castor germplasm represented from north-eastern region of India were studied for seed morphological characteristics viz. seed length, seed breadth, caruncle size, mottling, seed surface texture, seed coat thickness and seed coat colour. Morphological variations were observed among different accessions for seed characters and significant correlation was recorded among seed morphological traits.
Castor, Genetic diversity, Mottling, Seed Morphological Characters, Variability
