Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Priya Gupta, Jyoti Sahu, Deepak Gauraha, Abhinav Sao, Pooja Kathare and Namita Singh

Abstract:
The current study was conducted to characterize DUS of 200 rice germplasm accessions, together with drought responsive checks, which were planted in Augmented Design among four blocks for visually assessed features. Trials were carried out during Kharif 2020 at the research cum instructional farm, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) in an Augmented design with 20 cm 15 cm spacing and recommended cultural practices. This data was collected for twenty-four DUS descriptors. In the current study, one visually observed trait was found to be monomorphic, nine to be dimorphic, and fourteen to be polymorphic. The most variable descriptors were basal leaf: sheath colour, hull colour, and kernel colour, which were shown to have different kinds.