Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
SB Mitkari, MP Wankhade, SB Ghuge, KG Kute and AA Deshmukh

Abstract:
The current study was conducted on 30 genotypes, including one local check, at the AICRP Experimental Farm on Safflower at Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (Maharashtra) during the summer of 2022–2023. Three replications of a randomized block design were used to conduct the current experiment. There were notable differences for every character, according to the analysis of variance. The degree of variability in the experiment material was also shown by the genotypic and phenotypic coefficient of variation (GCV and PCV). For the majority of the traits in the current analysis, a large range of variability was noted. Characteristics such as plant height, number of seeds per capsule, seed output per plant, days to 50% flowering, number of capsules per plant, and 1000 seed weight had a larger mean variance range. For each plant, a substantial genetic progress (20.55%) along with high heritability (80.02%) was seen in the seed yield. For the traits of plant height, number of branches per plant, number of capsules per plant, and seed output, the percent mean of all the genotypes under investigation has demonstrated high heritability along with high genetic advance.