Publication: Agronomic, morphological and phytochemical characterization of four butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea L.) accessions
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2024-05
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Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University- North La Union Campus
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Butterfly pea is a perennial leguminous herb that attracted significant interest
based on its agricultural and medical applications. Hence, this study was conducted to
evaluate the agronomic, morphological and phytochemical content of four butterfly pea
accessions from selected municipalities of La Union. The agronomic and morphological
characterization was conducted at Brgy. Caculangan, San Juan, La Union while the
phytochemical analysis was conducted at Crop Breeding and Genetic Resources
Laboratory from March to May 2024. The study was laid out in a Randomized Complete
Block Design (RCBD) with four accessions of butterfly pea replicated three times. Based
on the findings, strong violet single-layered petal has the longest seeds (6.82mm), widest
seeds (4.78mm), longest pods (9.58cm), highest number of seeds per pod (8.03) while
strong violet double-layered petal has the widest pods (1.06cm). Light purple single
layered petal has the highest number of pods per plant (187) and white single-layered
petal produced the heaviest seed weight (4.46g). Seed color ranged from moderate
yellowish brown to black color. Seed shapes included flattened ovoid, rhomboid, and
reniform. Flower colors varied according to the Royal Horticultural Society color chart.
Saponins, tanin and flavonoid were present across all accessions. No alkaloids were
detected.
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Lalluan, I.M.P. (2024). Agronomic, morphological and phytochemical characterization of four butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea L.) accessions. [Unpublished Undergraduate Thesis, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University- North La Union Campus, Bacnotan, La Union].