Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2019)
Characterization and evaluation of indigenous and exotic genotypes for identification of spice chilli lines
Author(s): Majjiga Sreenivas, Amit Baran Sharangi, Swadesh Banerjee, Tridip Bhattacharya, Praveen Kumar Maurya, and Arup Chattopadhyay
Abstract: Chilli is one of the most popular and diverse vegetable cum spice crops grown throughout the World. Variability study of agro-morphological characteristics is important for varietal improvement program. The complexity of folk nomenclature in crops generally leads to the existence of duplicates within germplasm that need to be clariï¬ed In the present study 12 qualitative characters and 15 quantitative characters were recorded from 45 genotypes to characterize the chilli germplasm as per documented descriptor and to identify genotype (s) suitable for spice purpose. Genotypes varied considerably in plant growth habit, branching habit, leaf size, leaf shape, leaf colour through RHS colour chart, pigment at node, fruit surface, number of flowers/axil, anther colour, ripe fruit colour through RHS colour chart, fruit position and fruit shape. But significant divergence was lacking in case of seed colour, leaf margin and blossom end fruit shape. Most of the genotypes belong to C. annuum, and only one genotype Ujawala possessed purple anther and had two or more flowers/node was true C. frutescens. All the 45 chilli genotypes under study showed wide range of variations in the quantitative characters namely, plant height (37.60-110.60 cm), plant spread (E-W) (19.20-103.40 cm), plant spread (N-S) (20.46-100.60 cm), primary branches/plant (2.66-9.58), days to 50% flowering (34.42-72.54), days to ripe fruit maturity from anthesis (38.24-53.47), fruit length (13.92-95.26 mm), fruit diameter (5.26-15.92 mm), seeds/fruit (24.51-75.84), 1000 seed weight (3.97-7.36 g), fruits/plant (8.54-82.45), ripe fruit weight (0.87-8.33 g), dry fruit weight (0.20-1.61 g), ripe fruit yield/ plant (22.30-267.42 g) and dry fruit yield/plant (3.88-51.70 g). Three genotypesSrinagar, BCCH Sel-4 and Beldanga were found most promising as spice chilli in respect of dry fruit yield/plant and could be recommended for large scale cultivation in the Gangetic plains of West Bengal after critical testing.
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Majjiga Sreenivas, Amit Baran Sharangi, Swadesh Banerjee, Tridip Bhattacharya, Praveen Kumar Maurya,, Arup Chattopadhyay. Characterization and evaluation of indigenous and exotic genotypes for identification of spice chilli lines. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(2):1830-1837.
