The present investigation was carried out during Kharif 2016 and 2017 at AICRIP, Agricultural Research Station, Mugad, UAS, Dharwad. Among 37 characters studied, the variation was observed in 30 characters viz., coleoptile colour, leaf intensity of green colour, leaf length of blade, leaf width of blade, culm attitude, flag leaf attitude of blade, spikelet density of pubescence of lemma, spikelet colour of stigma, time of heading, stem thickness, stem length, panicle length of main axis, flag leaf attitude of blade, panicle curvature of main axis, panicle number per plant, spikelet colour of tip of lemma, panicle awns, panicle length of longest awn, panicle distribution of awns, panicle attitude of branches, panicle exertion, time maturity, 1000 grains weight, decorticated grain length, decorticated grain width, decorticated grain shape, decorticated grain aroma, iron content and zinc content. There was no distinctness for coleoptile colour, auricles, leaf collar, ligule, shape of ligule, time of heading, presence of secondary branching in panicle, sterile lemma colour and decorticated grain colour, SPAD values, iron and zinc content.
K e y w o r d sMorphological characters, Iron, Zinc and 160 rice genotypes
