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The study was undertaken during rabi 2013-14 under the restructured research strategy, wherein focus in varietal selection had to be laid on farmers perceptions and constraints under participatory mode. Participatory rural appraisal was done in the sixteen locations using a structured questionnaire based on socio-economic attributes, farming systems, production constraints and varietal preferences. The results indicated that there was significant difference among various traits. Mother trials comprising of 10 genotypes were laid at four locations namely Lethpora and Malangpora (Pulwama), Wanpoh (Anantnag) and Roohpura (Kulgam). The data revealed that genotypes were divergent. Participatory varietal selection was done at farmer’s field through farm walk when the pods were at maturity stage. During farm walk voting for each genotype was done and preferential score was calculated for each genotype. Genotypes which were selected by farmers almost at every location were KBS-49, KBS-33, KBS-38.
Key words: Brown sarson, Genotype, Participatory rural appraisal, Trait