Abstract :
Eighteen advanced breeding lines with their five parents were evaluated for their yield and yield attributing characters, protein and b-ODAP (b-N-oxalyl-L-a, b-diaminopropionic acid) at different growth stages. The correlations between traits were investigated and, positiveand significant correlations were found among seed yield,number of seeds/plant and number of pods/plant. b-ODAP content at different stage shows no and negative correlation with seed yield and protein content.Seed protein content shows negative or no correlation with seed yield and b-ODAP at different growth stage. Therefore, it can be said that development of higher yielding grasspea lines with low b-ODAP and high protein content is possible.
Keyword :
Advanced breeding lines, Grasspea, Yield, Neurotoxin, ODAP