| In order to select the excellent germplasm of color wheat, 29 color wheat strains were used as experimental materials to determine their agronomic traits and nutritional quality, such as growth period, plant height, grain weight per spike, grain number per spike, thousand-grain weight, grain protein content, grain starch content, grain iron content, grain zinc content and grain calcium content. Correlation analysis, principal component analysis and cluster analysis were carried out. The results showed that the average growth period of the test materials was 99.45 days, with the plant height of 99.45 cm, grain number per spike of 49.15, grain weight per spike of 2.12 g, thousand-grain weight of 42.10 g, protein content of 15%, starch content of 65%, Fe content of 33.59 mg·kg-1, Zn content of 35.05 mg·kg-1, and Ca content of 309.88 mg·kg-1. The genetic diversity of protein content, starch content and zinc content in grain was the highest(2.05). Correlation analysis showed that protein content was significantly positively correlated with zinc content (R=0.58), but significantly negatively correlated with starch content (R=-0.30). Principal component analysis reduced the dimensionality of 10 parameters to 3 principal components. The principal effect factors of the top three principal components were protein content, plant height, and thousand-grain weight and iron and calcium contents. According to the comprehensive score of principal component factors, 20TS020-6, 20TS116-1 and 20TSJ012 were the best strains. Cluster analysis showed that the color wheat strains were divided into three groups. There were nine strains in Group Ⅰ, with high protein content, plant height, thousand-grain weight, iron and calcium content. There were 12 strains in Group II, and their protein content, plant height, thousand-grain weight, iron and calcium contents were in the middle. There were eight strains in Group III, with low protein content, plant height, grain weight, iron and calcium contents. There was no significant difference in yield related agronomic traits among different color wheat. However, purple grain wheat and blue grain wheat had higher starch and calcium contents. The current results provided materials and reference for germplasm resource innovation and quality improvement of the color wheat. |