2023, Vol. 8, Special Issue 6

Principal component analysis were carried out in rice germplasm for eight characters. The experiment was conducted at instructional cum Research Farm, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.) during kharif 2017 to access association analysis of the 55 germplasm accessions of rice along with popular standard checks Chattisgarh Zinc rice 1, Samleshwari Danteshwari, Indira Barani dhan and Indira Aerobic1. The 55 germplasm accession of rice including five checks were characterized on the basis of agro-morphological characters. A majority of accessions were found to possess coleoptile colour (green 72.72%), Basal leaf sheath colour (83.63% green), Leaf blade colour (81.81% green), Leaf Pubescence (65.45% glabrous), Panicle exsertion (45.45% well exerted), Stigma color (100% white), Apiculus color (60% white), Panicle type (17% compact), Awning (38.38% long and fully awned), Seed coat color (69.09% white), Hull Color (30.90% straw), Flag Leaf Angle (76.36% erect), Leaf senescence (63.63% early) and Auricle colour (80% light green).