Assessment of Genetic Variability, Heritability and Genetic Advance Studies for Yield Mentioning Traits in Chickpea Elite Genotypes (Cicer arietinum L.)

Abstract

The present investigation has been done to conductan Assessment of Genetic Variability, Heritability, and Genetic Advance Studies for Yield and Quality Traits in Chickpea Elite Genotypes (Cicer arietinum L.). The experiment is laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications to minimize the error. The experiment was carried out during the Rabi 2020-2021. The analysis has been done with ten characters having plant height, number of primary branches per plant, number of secondary branches per plant, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, pod length, days to 50% flowering, 100- seed weight, pod yield per plant, pod yield per plot as a dependent variable. High genotypic coefficient variation and phenotypic coefficient of variation were found in seed yield per plant (25.5 and 25.9), seed yield per plot(25.4 and 25.8) and several seeds per pod (15.7 and 28.5) displayed the negligible influence of the environment on the phenotypic expression of the character. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance was seen in seed yield per plant (90 and 51.8), seed yield per plot(97.1 and 51.6), number of secondary branches per plant (90 and 27.8), number of primary branches per plant(70 and 23.3), number of pods per plant (96 and 20.6), and pod length (95 and 38.9), indicating an additive gene effect. Therefore, these characteristics can be used in further breeding programs for crop advancement.