1Sorghum Research Station, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agriculture University, Deesa-385535, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
2ICAR-Indian Institute of Millet Research (IIMR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030, Telangana, India
3ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), New Delhi-110012, India
*Author for Correspondence: Email-skjain.pbg.coalalsot@sknau.ac.in
Online published on 18 May, 2019.
One thousand sorghum germplasm accessions were evaluated and characterized at SDAU Deesa (Gujarat) under Consortium Research Platform on Agro-biodiversity and majority of accession showed good early vigour, dark green leaves, non-tan type, drooping leaf orientation, white mid rib color, non-senescence, awn less, semi compact ear head, oblong ear head shape, half glum covered, bold and white seeded. The quantitative characters also showed wide variation and the potential germplasm may be utilized for further breeding program.
Agro-biodiversity, Correlation, Genetic Variation, Germplasm
