Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Anil Kulheri, RS Sikarwar and Shyam Singh Rajput

Abstract:
The Present investigation of experimental yield trial on genetic variability involving 36 genotypes of groundnut were carried out in kharif season 2018-19 at Research farm, Department of genetics and plant breeding, college of agriculture, RVSKVV, Gwalior (M.P.). The 14 traits were recorded and genetic parameters viz., PCV, GCV, heritability and genetic advance as per cent of mean were studied. The analysis of variance revealed genotypes were significantly differed for all the characters, thereby, indicating variability for all the characters. The estimation of high heritability value coupled with high genetic advance was recorded for pod yield per hectare, followed by number of primary branches per plant, pod yield per plant, kernel yield per hectare, kernel yield per plant, number of secondary branches per plant, 100 pod weight, number of pod per plant, 100 kernel weight and plant height indicating that the inheritance of these characters were most likely due to additive gene effects and direct selection for these traits would be more effective for desired genetic improvement. The genotypes viz. ICGV-8705, ICGV-13564, ICGV-13565, PBS-12201, ICGV-13574 and ICGV-13555 demonstrated high mean performance for pod yield and its related traits.