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The modern agriculture science is in a position to solve the immediate problems for quantity as well
as quality crop production. The seeds of Amaranthus hybridus was procured from the National
Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) to explore the possibilities of its agronomic
potentiality in this tropical plains of West Bengal. Though a few leafy amaranths are being
cultivated since a long time, but the amaranths can meet up the demand of cereal as well as leafy
vegetables. Six accessions namely (i) IC 95609 ,(ii) IC 35482, (iii) IC 120617, (iv) IC 35626, (v) IC
9559 & (vi )IC 95589 were selected out of fifteen accessions. All these six accessions were grown
in the research field of the Crop Research Farm [CRF] following uniform agronomic measures. The
phenotypic variations were observed and exhibited in this context following proper statistical model.
The aims and objects of this experimentation was to highlight the phenotypic as well as genotypic
significance, component of variances ,heritability (in broad sense), genetic advance of each
accession over this particular location.
Keywords: Amaranthus hybridus, leafy Amaranth, heritability, genetic advance