Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

In kharif 2018, fifty-eight genotypes of bunch groundnut were evaluated for genetic variability, correlation, and path analysis using Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications at the Instructional farm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, for fourteen agro-morphological characters. Characters such as the number of primary branches per plant, the plant height (cm), the days to flowering, the days to maturity, the 100 pods weight (g), the 100 kernels weight (g), the number of mature pods per plant, the kernel yield per plant (g), the pod yield per plant (g), the shelling out turn (%), the sound mature kernel, the biological yield per plant (g), the harvest index (%), and the oil content (%). With the exception of shelling out turn, analysis of variance indicated extremely significant genetic differences for all the characters under study. For almost all characters, PCV is greater than GCV, yet occasionally these two numbers are slightly different or equal. The biological yield per plant, harvest index, and number of mature pods per plant showed the greatest values, but the days to maturity, number of primary branches per plant, and oil content (%) showed the lowest values. The number of mature pods per plant, pod yield per plant (g), 100 pod weight (%), kernel yield per plant, 100 kernel weight, and biological yield per plant all exhibited higher heritability and genetic advance of percent mean, indicating the significance of additive gene action and the great potential for improvement in these genotypes through simple selection. Pod yield per plant (g) was highly influenced by harvest index (%), biological yield per plant (g), and kernel yield per plant (g).