Agro-morphological Characteristics, anthocyanin, and sweetness level of Yardlong bean genotypes (Vigna unguiculata (L.) ssp. sesquipedalis) Ihsanto, T. D, F. Kusmiyati, S. Anwar, M. G. A. Sas, and F. P. Putra
Agroecotechnology Program, Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Animal and Agricultural Sciences, Diponegoro University
Abstract
Plant characterization is one of the activities in plant breeding before the variety can be register. In the previous study we have done to crossed two parents between Fagiola with Aura Hijau and Fagiola with Super Putih. In this study we aimed to evaluate characters of progenies (F7) yardlong bean from Fagiola x Aura Hijau and Fagiola x Super Putih. The research was conducted in Sumawono District, Semarang, Central Java. The experiment applied a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with genotype as the single factor. Observations were focus on plant characterization included leaf characteristics, flower characteristics, pods characteristics, sweetness level of pods, anthocyanin level on pods and also agronomic traits. The result showed there is a difference at leaf color, leaf stalk length, leaf width, corolla color, petal color, flower stroke color, pistil color, pods length, pods end color, pods color, pods texture, sweetness level and anthocyanin level. Hybridization made improvement on sweetness level of red/purple-podded than the parent purple podded.
Keywords: Agronomic traits, anthocyanin, pod color, F7 progeny
