The current study examined variation in ten qualitative traits of ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi L.) germplasm lines, including vegetative, floral, and seed shattering habit. Growth habit, foliage at full grown stage, stem waxiness, nature of branch emergence, angle of primary branch, leaf: density of feathering are among the vegetative characters, while stigma colour, gynoecium carpel colour, and umbel compactness are among the floral characters. Under an Olympus trinocular microscope, the floral characters stigma colour and gynoecium carpel colour were examined. All of the traits studied showed variation among genotypes, which could be attributed to genotypic variation.

Ajwain, Introduction, Qualitative traits, Germplasm

It was revealed that there was variation in the qualitative traits studied across different germplasm lines. This variation could be due to genetic variations.

Gayathri T., Giridhar K., Tanuja Priya B., Paratpara Rao M. and Vijaya Lakshmi T. (2022). Variation for Qualitative Traits in Ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi L.) Germplasm. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(4): 757-761.