Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2023)

Author(s):
SB Rupannavar, MG Palshetkar, UB Pethe, SV Sawardekar, RS Deshpande and MA Bhosale

Abstract:
The present investigation, entitled "Variability studies in M₃ generation of Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.)", was conducted at Research and Education farm, Department of Agriculture Botany, College of Agriculture, Dapoli during Kharif 2021. As a result of the current investigation, it is clear that a wide range of variability exists for various traits, along with high heritability and high genetic advance as percentage of the mean for significant yield traits. Five of the ten quantitative character the number of primary branches per plant, plant height, pod length, number of pods per plant and 100 seed weight were highly significant and positively correlated with seed yield per plant at simple level Based on the findings, the mutants viz., T3(6)16, T2(29)1, T1(47)3 and T1(51)1l can be used for further varietal improvement.