SEED ACCESSMENT

Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) Is one of the most essential oil plant that is largely grown globally. Its domestic and industrial use hasbrought about increase in the economy of many countries. About 64 % of the world's supply of oil seed meal comes from soy, which also serves as the primary source of oil and contributes to about 28 % of output as a whole. Soybean which is a legume crop serves as food to humans and animals and other beneficial purpose. 10 different accessions of soybean were studied to check if there will be significant change in their morphological and physiological characteristics. The set of descriptors for the present morphological characterization of Soybean was produced using the Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst ex. A. Rich.) Harms descriptor and the seed length, seed width and seed thickness of 10 seeds from each accession number were determined using a venire caliper. Accession number TGM-942 had the least length, 0.47 cm while Accession number TGM-944 had the highest length, 0.58 cm. Accession number TGM-540 seed weighed 1.45 g, which was the highest see weight. Their testa basal colorranged from black, reddish brown, light brown, black to purple.