Morphological Characterization and Recognition of New Traits of Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill]

Akash Barela *

Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482004, (M.P.), India.

M. K. Shrivastava

Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482004, (M.P.), India.

Salikram Mohare

Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482004, (M.P.), India.

Shivangi Rahangdale

Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482004, (M.P.), India.

Shivani Jawarkar

Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482004, (M.P.), India.

Pawan K. Amrate

Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482004, (M.P.), India.

Yogendra Singh

Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482004, (M.P.), India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

Distinctness, Uniformity, and Stability (DUS) characterization of ninety recently evolved soybean genotypes including three national checks were carried out at JNKVV, Jabalpur, during Kharif 2021. Sixteen DUS traits were evaluated as described by National DUS test guidelines. Observations were made on Hypocotyl Pigmentation, Growth type, Growth habitat, Leaf shape, Leaf size, Leaf colour, Flower colour, Flower colour, Pod hairiness, Pod pub colour, Pod intensity of brown colour, Seed size, Seed shape, Seed coat colour, Hilum colour, Seed coat Lustre and Colour of funicle at various phases. It revealed that there was a lot of variation in the soybean genotypes for DUS characters. Frequency distribution of data exhibited that presence of Hypocotyl: anthocyanin pigmentation (65.55 %), Semi-Determinate Growth type (75.55 %), Semi-erect Growth habitat (90.0 %), Pointed Ovate Leaf shape (83.33 %), Pod hairiness pubescent (84.44%), Seed size medium (64.44%), Seed coat colour yellow (84.44%), Seed coat Lustre intermediate (77.77%) and Colour of funicle brown (100%) were dominating traits in present set of genotypes. This soybean germplasm has a wide range of features and morphological variation, which may assist a breeder in further improvement of soybean. This will be extremely helpful in identifying, conserving and developing ideal plant type on the basis of distinguishing morphological characters.

Keywords: Germplasm, compound leaf, DUS, dominating traits


How to Cite

Barela, Akash, M. K. Shrivastava, Salikram Mohare, Shivangi Rahangdale, Shivani Jawarkar, Pawan K. Amrate, and Yogendra Singh. 2022. “Morphological Characterization and Recognition of New Traits of Soybean [Glycine Max (L.) Merrill]”. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 12 (12):1497-1504. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121592.