ارزﻳﺎﺑﻲ ﺑﺮﺧﻲ ﺧﺼﻮﺻﻴﺎت زراﻋﻲ و ﻓﻴﺘﻮﺷﻴﻤﻴﺎﻳﻲ در ﺗﻮده ﻫﺎی ﺑﻮﻣﻲ ﺷﻨﺒﻠﻴﻠﻪ ( Trigonella foenum-graecum )

The seeds of Thirty-three fenugreek populations collected from the main cultivation areas of Iran were
analyzed to determine the genetic and environmental attributes in phytomedical and agronomic
characteristics of native fenugreek. Experimental design was a complete randomized design (RCD) with four
replications during 2011-2012. Our results indicated that there was a big diversity among native fenugreek
populations in regard to genetic, agronomic and secondary metabolites. Population Poldasht (17) was the
superior one in regard to seed yield 48.89gr and harvest index of 43.12. However, the populations Makoo
(18), Birjand (21) and khoy (15) had the best performance in regard to thousand seed yield. The population
number Arak1 (10) was the highest plant 43/21 cm with the heaviest mean biomass. It also had the highest
trigonelline 0/271 percentage among other native populations. It could be concluded that there are sufficient
genetic diversity for trigonelline and the other related traits in the studied fenugreek populations. The results
indicated that the Arak1 (10) and Poldasht (17) population are potentially promising lines for further studies
to be introduced as high yielding cultivars for forage and secondary metabolites (trigonelline).