Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue: 1

Evaluation and Validation of Bold Seeded Accession in Ricebean [Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi and Ohashi]

  • Author:
  • Padmavati G Gore1,*, Subarna Hajong2, Mohar Singh3, Neeta Singh1, Veena Gupta1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Jun 24, 2022
  • Page Number: 1 to 3

1ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110012, India

2ICAR-NBPGR, Regional Station, Shillong-793103, Meghalaya, India

3ICAR-NBPGR, Regional Station, Shimla-171004, Himachal Pradesh, India

*Author for Correspondence: Email- padma.pgr@gmail.com

Online published on 24 June, 2022.

Abstract

A total of 2,202 accessions of ricebean have been conserved in the National Genebank of India at Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBPGR), New Delhi. During routine seed monitoring for seed viability, one unique accession IC009634 was observed with very bold seeds, 100-seed weight of 37.44g. The bold seeded expression was validated under field conditions at two locations viz; ICAR-NBPGR, Regional Station, Shimla and ICAR-NBPGR, Regional Station, Shillong. This accession has the potential to be utilized in the Vigna improvement programme.

Keywords

Bold seeded, Germplasm, Ricebean, Sikkim, Vigna