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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 1
First page : (199) Last page : (203)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7958

Genetic Variability in Fenugreek Genotypes

S. P. Gaikwad¹, S. S. Dhumal², A. A. Bhagat³ and D. A. Sagbhor^4
1Assistant Professor of Horticulture, ³Assistant Professor of Statistics,
National Agricultural Research Project, Ganeshkhind, Pune - 411 067
²Associate Professor of Horticulture, ⁴M.Sc. (Agri.) Student,
Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Kolhapur
*Corresponding Author E-mail: stataab@gmail.com
Received: 3.01.2020  |  Revised: 7.02.2020   |  Accepted: 13.02.2020 

 ABSTRACT

A set of 24 genotypes were evaluated for 14 qualitative characters, to study the variability in fenugreek genotypes. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with two replications. A wide range of variability was observed for quantitative characters. The estimates of genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) were lower than that of phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV). The highest genotypic coefficient of variation as well as phenotypic variation was observed for the copper content in fenugreek followed by zinc content, iron content and total chlorophyll content in leaves. Both the components were lowest for days to harvesting.
High estimates of heritability in broad sense were recorded for the characters like total chlorophyll content, copper content, iron content, number of leaves, number of secondary roots, biological yield, leaf area. Moderate heritability percentage was observed for manganese content, number of root nodules and zinc content. However low heritability was observed for days to harvesting. Hence, these characters might be improvedby simple selection. High estimates of genetic advance were recorded for total chlorophyll content followed by biological yield, copper content , number of leaves, iron content, number of secondary roots, plant height , number of root nodules , plant height along with root , leaf area , average weight of plant , zinc content, days to harvesting  and manganese content.

Keywords: Fenugreek, Genotypes, Heritability, Genetic advance and Coefficient of variation

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Cite this article: Gaikwad, S.P., Dhumal, S.S., Bhagat, A.A., & Sagbhor, D.A. (2020). Genetic Variability in Fenugreek Genotypes, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(1), 199-203. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7958