Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Anjana RJ, Indira Petchiammal K, Nilavu ED, Pavithran P, Lydia Pramitha J and Patricia Kalaiarasi J

Abstract:
An experiment was conducted with 21 genotypes to study the association of traits with single plant yield in finger millet. The genotypes were evaluated in Randomized Block Design with three replications during kharif 2022. The main objective of this study is to estimate the direct and indirect effects of yield contributing traits to single plant yield. The Analysis of Variance indicated significant difference among the 21 genotypes studied for all the characters. GCV ranged from 3.03 for number of fingers per head to 19.50 for single plant yield. Highest PCV was observed in phosphorus content and lowest for days to 50% heading. Non-significant correlation of plant height with grain yield shows that there is scope for developing dwarf types without any reduction in grain yield. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance as percent mean observed for single plant yield indicates the role of additive genes in the inheritance of these traits and hence these characters could be improved through simple phenotypic selection.