Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

The present investigation was carried out during rabi 2020-2021 at B-block of Regional agriculture research station, Warangal to assess genetic variability in forty four mungbean genotypes. Observations were recorded on 14 quantitative characters viz., days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, plant height, branches per plant, clusters per plant, pods per cluster, pods per plant, pod length, seeds per pod, 100 seed weight and seed yield per plant, harvest index, preharvest sprouting, and protein content. The analysis of variance revealed that significant differences were found among genotypes for all fourteen characters which indicates the presence of substantial amount of variability among the germplasm. An examination of genetic parameters confirms that high estimates for GCV and PCV obtained for branches per plant, preharvest sprouting, pods per cluster and seed yield per plant. High heritability along with high genetic advance in per cent of mean was noted for seed yield per plant, number of pods per cluster, weight of 100 seed, plant height, number of branches per plant, number of branches per plant and preharvest sprouting which indicates that these traits were under the control of additive gene action and such characters could be improved through simple selection strategies.