Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Rapaka Percy Vijay Shanti and Dr. G Roopa Lavanya

Abstract:
The genetic materials were consisted of twenty lentil genotypes. A randomizes block design (RBD) with three replications was used. Experiment was conducted at Farm of Dept of Plant Breeding and Genetics at Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences Naini, Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh in Rabi season 2020-21. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes for all the traits under study indicating the presence of substantial genetic variability. The maximum yield obtained were IPL-316 and LH-7-26. High estimate of heritability were exhibited for number of effective pods per plant followed by seed index, total number of pods per plant, grain yield per plant, harvest index, biological yield per plant, number of secondary branches per plant and number of primary branches per plant. Therefore, it is concluded that the characters which showed high heritability coupled with genetic advance should be considered for direct selection. Here grain yield per plant, number of effective pods per plant, total number of pods per plant, harvest index, the character under study showed high heritability and genetic advance. Thus one should select these characters for direct selection.