Morphological Characterization of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)

Author: Gangishetti Ranjithkumar* and Rajani Bisen

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Abstract

Sesame, one of the most important oilseed crops is called as queen of oilseeds due to its high nutritional rate and presence of antioxidants. The aim of the present experiment is to evaluate 500 sesame accessions in un-replicated Augmented Block Design at Project Co-ordinating Unit (Sesame & Niger) Research farm, JNKVV campus, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh for two seasons during Kharif-2019 and 2020. Sesame accessions were characterized for nineteen morphological traits on the basis of NBPGR descriptors. Observations were recorded on leaves, stem, flowers and capsule of plants at different stages. A significant amount of variation was observed for the most of the traits studied. Results revealed divergent characteristics of sesame germplasm and indicated that morphological variation exists in the collected accessions which are helpful to a breeder for improving genetic architecture of plant. This will be highly helpful for varietal identification and conservation.

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Accessions, variation, genetic architecture.