Seven coriander genotypes were evaluated (lines HTV 9299, HTV 7299, HTV 0699, HTV 0999,HTV 0199 and cvs. Verdão and Palmeira), in Areia County, Paraiba State, Brazil, from May to July of 2003 in randomized blocks in four replications. Verdão (5,0 kg m-2) and Palmeira (4,3 kg m-2) cultivars and the lines HTV 9299 (4,4 kg m-2), HTV 7299 (4,5 kg m-2) and HTV 0999 (4,3 kg m-2), exhibited the greatest yield of green mass (GM), while the line HTV 0199, with 2.9 kg m-2 of GM, showed the lowest yield. Lines HTV 7299 (0.73) and HTV 0199 (0.81) presented the largest values for the ratio leaves:stalks. Verdão and Palmeira cultivars and lines HTV 7299, HTV 0999, HTV 0699 and 9299 persented 65; 58; 35; 29; 40 and 59%, respectively, of plant bolting (PB) at 42 days after sowing date, while Line HTV 0199 presented only 11%. Line HTV 7299 might be an alternative for coriander cropping in Areia.
Coriandrum sativum L.; genotypes; plants bolting; green mass yield
