Comparative Morphological Evaluation of Different Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) Varieties of Andhra Pradesh, India for Agronomic Traits

摘要

In the presentstudy, 20 chilli cultivars were characterized based on morphology as itserves as discrete identification indicator and also propose toevaluate cultivar diversity for yield related parameters. Among the 20cultivars, different quantitative and qualitative morphological traitslike, hypocotyl pubescence, hypocotyl colour, cotyledon leaf shape,cotyledon leaf colour, cotyledon leaf width and cotyledon leaf lengthwere studied. A stem length to first bifurcation ranged from 10.80 cm(LCA-424) to 26.33 cm (LCA-620) among the 20 cultivars, taller andshorter stems, taller, wider plant, longer and wider leaves werenoticed. Hence, this character could be used for varietalidentification. Fruit, fruit length, fruit width, pedicel length, dryfruit weight, seed weight and seed size might be efficiently used fordifferent the chilli cultivars. Fruit positions were divided into twogroups viz., Pendent and Erect. Among them, maximum number of genotypeshad pendent fruits while only one by Mycoteja produced erect fruits.The fruit yield varied from 83.95g to 295.10g with a mean of 146.82g.The maximum mean performance was observed for genotype LCA-625 (295.10g/plant) followed by LCA-620 (249.93 g/plant) and LCA-424 (244.24g/plant), while the minimum value was observed for LCA-305 (83.95g/plant) preceded by LCA-960 (92.77 g/plant). The study has spawnedsome important morphological traits, which can be efficiently employedin differentiating the chilli cultivars for beneficial agronomic traits.