Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
SS Kamble, Dr. DK Patil, VB Rathod and Dr. VK Gite

Abstract:
The Genetic variability study was undertaken for 41 genotypes including one check viz. BM 2003-2 in mungbean at Agricultural Research Station, Badnapur during kharif 2016-17. Observations were recorded for eleven yield and yield component traits viz., days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, plant height, number of clusters per plant, number of pods per cluster, number of pods per plant, pod length, number of seeds per pod, 100 seed weight, protein content and seed yield per plant. Significant differences were observed for all characters studied which revealed the presence of considerable amount of variability in the materials under study. The high PCV and GCV values were observed for seed yield per plant, number of pods per plant and pod length. The lowest GCV and PCV values were recorded for days of flowering, days to maturity and protein content indicating the narrow range of variation for these traits. All the characters recorded high magnitude of heritability indicating the high influence of genetic components. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance was observed for seed yield per plant, number of pods per plant, pod length, plant height, 100 seed weight, number of pods per cluster, number of clusters per plant and number of seeds per pod was suggesting the role of additive gene effects and possibilities of achieving progress through selection.