Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Thakre AR, Mote MS, Ban YG, Wagh KA, Kamble MS and Karad SR

Abstract:
Thirty-four genotypes of foxtail millet were studied at AICRP on small millets, ZARS, Kolhapur (M.S.) India in kharif 2022. The evaluation study was conducted to assess its genetic variability, heritability (b.s.) and genetic advance as percent of mean for nine characters. PCV estimations were higher than their corresponding GCV estimates, revealing that the characters were less influenced by the environment. High PCV coupled with high GCV was observed for grain yield per ear head and grain yield kg per hectare. The traits days to 50 percent flowering, days to maturity and 1000 grain weight showed lowest GCV as well as PCV. Among all nine characters plant height (cm), no. of productive tillers per plant, carbohydrate percentage and protein content were exhibited moderate GCV and PCV. High heritability with high genetic advance were exhibited by the characters grain yield kg per hectare, plant height, carbohydrate percentage, days to maturity and days to 50 percent flowering. The high heritability with low genetic advance was observed for 1000 grain weight, no. of productive tillers per plant, grain yield per ear head and protein content (%). High genetic advance as a percent of mean was observed for grain yield kg per ha while low genetic advance as a percent of mean was observed for days to 50 percent flowering.