Anil Rathore*, Ayodhya Pandey and S.P. Mishra
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam University Indore 452016 (M.P.)
Department of Crop Sciences Faculty of Agriculture
Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot, Satna- 485 780 (M.P.)
Email: anilrathoregpb@gmail.com
Received-28.02.2017, Revised-12.03.2017
Abstract: The present study of genetic variability was carried out using 30 genotypes of soybean for 8 quantitative characters. Analysis of variance for the design of experiments indicated highly significances among treatments for all the characters. Wide range of variation was found for seed yield per plant, plant height, 100-seed weight, number of pods per plant , number of secondary branches per plant , number of primary branches per plant ,number of seeds per pod, indicated good scope for improvement. Maximum phenotypic and genotypic coefficients of variation were observed for plant height followed by number of primary branches per plant, seed yield per plant, number of clusters per plant, number of pods per plant and pod length.
Keywords: Soybean, Variability, Heritability, Yield
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