Research Article

Effect of Acute Gamma Irradiation on Curcuma alismatifolia Varieties and Detection of DNA Polymorphism through SSR Marker

Table 1

Important discriminating qualitative features of studied C. alismatifolia varieties and hybrid varieties for M1V1 generation.

VarietyFloral charactersLeaf characters
Plant typeSpike positionColor of calyxColor of corollaInflorescence lower bract colorInflorescence coma bract colorLeaf habitColor of leaf sheathLeaf marginLeaf colorLeaf midrib colorLeaf shape

Chiang Mai RedErectTerminalWhiteLight Purple-whiteGreenPurple N78A*ErectPurple-greenSmoothDark greenPurple Long, narrow, and stiff
Doi Tung 554ErectTerminalWhiteDark Purple-white2014Red purple N78C*ErectDark PurpleSmoothDark greenPurple Long, narrow, and stiff
Sweet PinkErectTerminalWhiteDark Purple-whiteGreenPurple-violet N80D*ErectPurple-greenLow wavyLight greenPurple Wide and stiff
Kimono PinkErectTerminalWhiteDark Purple-whiteGreenPurple-violet N80C*ErectPurple-greenMedium wavyDark greenGreen Long and narrow

The Royal Horticulture Society (RHS) London color chart.