ESTIMATION AND EVALUATION OF GENETIC VARIABILITY, HERITABILITY AND GENETIC ADVANCE IN F1 GENERATION OF BLACK GRAM (Vigna mungo L. Hepper)

J. PIYARI¹*, G.M. LAL², P.K. RAI^3
1Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, India
²Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, India
³Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, India
* Corresponding Author : piyarivicky@gmail.com

Received : 31-05-2018     Accepted : 10-06-2018     Published : 15-06-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 11       Pages : 6269 - 6271
Int J Agr Sci 10.11 (2018):6269-6271

Keywords : Climate change, Perception, Mitigation, Effects, Dryland
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and sciences, Allahabad, 211007, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Black gram (Vigna mungo) is one of the most ancient and important legume crop of India and contributes 10 % of India’s total Pulse Production. The research was conducted during kharif 2017 in the Field experiment Centre at Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding involving 36 genotypes along with 2 checks to examine genetic variability, Heritability and Genetic advance in black gram. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. Analysis of variance showed that highly significant differences among 36 genotypes of black gram for 13 characters studied. The estimates of PCV values were higher than GCV for all the characters. High estimates of GCV were observed for pods per plant, Branches per plant, cluster per plant but, for Harvest Index, Seed yield per plant, Biological Yield showed higher differences between PCV and GCV which indicates that the influence of Environment is high when compared to the other characters. High Heritability coupled with high genetic advance were observed for the character Plant Height (cm), pods per plant, 100 seed weight, seed yield per plant and Biological Yield indicating under the control of additive genes effects, and the selection should be fruitful for this trait.

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