GENETIC VARIABILITY AND CORRELATION STUDY IN CHICKPEA (CICER ARITETINUM L.)

D.N. TEJA¹*, G.M. LAL², V.S. KRISHNA³, M.S. REDDY^4
1Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
³Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁴Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : deekondanavateja@gmail.com

Received : 02-11-2020     Accepted : 22-11-2020     Published : 30-11-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 11       Pages : 779 - 783
Genetics 12.11 (2020):779-783

Keywords : Chickpea, Variability, Heritability, Genetic advance, Correlation coefficient, Path analysis
Academic Editor : Dr Vijay Prajapati, Dr Vipul N Kapadia
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, 211007, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

A set of twenty-five genotypes of chickpea were evaluated for studying of “Genetic variability and correlation study in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”. The experiment was conducted in a Randomized Block Design with three replications during the rabi season, 2019-20 at Naini Agriculture Institute, Naini. The data were recorded for thirteen characters for each genotype in all the replications. Analysis of variance showed significant differences among genotypes for all 13 characters. High GCV and PCV in chickpea germplasm were observed for No. of seeds per plant, no. of pods per plant, grain yield per plant, biological yield per plant, no. of secondary branches per plant, no. of seed per pod and 100-seed weight. High estimate of heritability coupled with high genetic advance as percent of mean was recorded for no. of seeds per plant, no. of pods per plant, biological yield per plant, 100-seed weight, grain yield per plant, no. of seed per pod, no. of primary branches per plant, no. of secondary branches per plant. Seed yield per plant exhibited positive and highly significant correlation at both the levels with days to 50% pod setting, plant height, no. of primary branches per plant, no. of secondary branches per plant ,no. of pods per plant ,no. of seeds per plant ,biological yield per plant , and harvest index. Path analysis revealed that direct effect of biological yield per plant, harvest index and no.of seeds per plant were of high magnitude

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