Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2023)

Author(s):
Rutuja P Manugade, Nirmala B Bhalekar and GM Hamane

Abstract:
The present investigation, "Screening of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) genotypes for morphological parameters", was conducted to characterize the quinoa genotypes for different quantitative parameters. The experiment comprised thirteen genotypes using Randomized Block Design with three replications under field conditions at All India Coordinated Research Network on Potential Crops, Department of Botany, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, during Rabi, 2018. Observations were recorded on five randomly selected plants in each treatment for days to 50% flowering, plant height (cm) and days to maturity. Among the genotypes, EC – 507749 (175.76 cm) recorded the significantly highest plant height, which was followed by EC – 507747 (170.86 cm) & EC – 507743 (155.17 cm). Genotypes EC – 507738 & EC – 507740 were observed early in flowering, i.e. within 49 days after sowing and days to maturity in 101 days. These parameters might be favourable for drought avoidance.