Characterization and evaluation of local germplasm of crossandra (Crossandra undulaefolia Salisb.)

A field study on characterization and evaluation of local germplasm of crossandra was conducted at ICAR Research Complex, Old Goa during July 2003 and June 2004. Significant variation among seven accessions used for the study was noticed for various morphological and yield parameters. Based on the plant habit, accessions were classified into erect and semi erect. Plants were tall in CG-4, CG-2 and CG-7 whereas they were dwarf in stature in CG-6. Accession CG-4 was quite early in flowering while CG-2, CG-5 and CG-6 were found late in reaching flowering stage. Maximum spike length, corolla tube length and flower diameter were recorded in CG-2. Accession CG-5 produced the highest number of spikes/plant. The best performance in respect of number of flowers/spike and weight of 100 flowers and flower yield/plant was observed in CG-2.