Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur-492 012, Chhattisgarh, India
*Corresponding author's e-mail: hemant35toppo@gmail.com
Online published on 30 December, 2017.
The present experiment was conducted during November 2014-March 2015. The experiment was done to estimate the variabilityand character association ofdifferent qualitativecharacters on seed yield of29 field peagenotypesin arandomised complete block design (RCBD). The analysis of variance revealed that the sufficient variability was present in the material studied for almost all the qualitative characters. Among the different quality parameters the moderate genotypic coefficient of variation was for swelling index. Among the quality parameter, high heritability coupled with high genetic advance was not recorded for any quality character indicating non-significant additive genetic variance in genetic control of these traits. The correlation analysis revealed that seed yield plant−1 exhibited a significant positive association with protein at genotypic level. Path coefficient analysis for seed yield and its components showed that protein content had the negligible positive direct effect on seed yield. Direct selection for quality characters would likely not be effective in increasing or decreasing seed yield in field pea
Character association, Field pea (Pisum sativum L.), Genetic advance, Genetic variability, Path analysis, Quality traits
