Evaluation of Curry leaf (Murraya koenigii L. Spreng) Accessions for Biochemical Traits

Author: Dharini Chittaragi*, M. Ananthan, K. Venkatesan, P. Jeyakumar and L. Mahalingam

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Abstract

Curry leaf is an important herbal spice mainly grown in South India. There exists a wide variability among different local types. Farmers are experiencing the challenges of identifying the cultivars as they are unfamiliar with the characteristics of the existing genotypes. Selection and exploitation of the promising genotype would be of immense value for commercialization. Hence the present study was conducted to explore the variation based on biochemical attributes among thirty Curry leaf accessions. Results revealed that the highest ascorbic acid (4.44 mg/100g) and protein (6.07/100g) content was recorded by accession number 13. Among the genotypes, accession number 11 showed the maximum content of total phenols (5.97%) chlorophyll-a (1.47 mg/100g) and total chlorophyll (1.80 mg/100g) whereas chlorophyll-b was highest (0.34 mg/100g) in accession number 13 respectively. The variations in biochemical traits observed among the accessions may be due to their genetic makeup. Hence acces

Keywords

Genotypes, Chlorophyll content, Quality, Crop improvement.