Morphological Characterization of the Diversity of Selected High-Yielding Pea Varieties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Morphological Characterization of the Diversity of Selected High-Yielding Pea Varieties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Hussain Shah1, Ali Hazrat2*, Ateef Ullah1, Hafsa Razzaq3, Shabir Ahmad1, Muhammad Yahya2, Muhammad Abdullah1, Sahar Nasim2, Waqar Ahmad2, Muhammad Junaid1 and Gul Rahim2
ABSTRACT
The morphological characterization of high-yielding pea varieties is essential for enhancing agricultural productivity and food security. Its production needs to be increased further in line with the global population. The current investigation evaluates morphology, seed yield, and yield components to maximize pea cultivars’ performance. The present research was done to assess the yield production of eleven different pea varieties as PL8, PL3, pL4, PL7, Meteor, PL6, PL11, PL2 (4), PL2, PL19, and Climax were grown in an experimental Field at the University of Malakand. Many quantitative characteristics such as the number of leaves, leaf size, leaf color, venation, leaf arrangement on stem, leaf Margins, fresh leaf weight, plant height, number of branches, nods, types of flowers, inflorescence, flower color, pods number, length of pod, seed number per pod, weight of each pod, weight 10 pods, 100 seeds weight and total yield per plant has been investigated. Compared to other alternatives, variety PL8 had the greatest number of leaves. On the other hand, the yield an important factor was also recorded for all of the selected varieties. The variety PL8 can produce higher green pod yields, pod number per plant, pod length, seed number per pod, and hundred seed weight compared to other alternatives. The result showed that among the eleven different high-yielding pea varieties, the PL-8 variety recognized a significantly higher yield than the rest.
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