Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
AS Malve, AH Rathod, SL Shinde and SB Ghuge

Abstract:
To study the G x E interaction and the stability of various safflower genotypes. twelve genotypes of safflower, AICRP on Safflower Parbhani, oil seeds research station in Latur, agricultural research station in Badnapur, and agricultural research station in Somnathpur were the subjects of field experiments carried out at AICRP in an RBD design with three replications. Thirteen morphological characters were used as the subjects of the observations. Analysis of variance revealed significant genotypic differences existed among all the genotypes for all the studied characters, and stability and character association analysis were conducted in accordance with the model of Eberhart and Russell (1966). The genotype PBNS-207 was the highest yielding, followed by PBNS-185 and PBNS-154, according to mean performance. Environmental indices indicated that environment E4 (Somnathpur), E2 (Latur), E1 (Parbhani), and E3 were the most favourable (Badnapur). The stability parameters showed that PBNS-185 had the highest seed yield per plant stability.