Abstract

An experiment was conducted at Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India with the objectives to evaluate different hibiscus accessions for high pigment content. In this experiment, 14 hibiscus genotypes were collected from different places of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and these genotypes were evaluated continuously from June, 2014 to Sep, 2019. Among the different accessions, Acc.6 (CHR 6) was identified with highest anthocyanin yield from flower petals. The anthocyanin extract from the flowers can be used as a food colourant.

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