An experiment was undertaken at four environments (i.e. two locations and two seasons) during 2012–2014 at field of Department of Botany and Agricultural Research Station, Washim. The experimental material consisted of 43 entries, which included 13 parents and their resulting 30 hybrids (including checks). The data were recorded for twelve characters (viz., days to 50 per cent flowering, days to maturity, plant height, number of primaries panicle−1, panicle length, panicle weight, number of grains panicle−1, 100 seed weight, fodder yield plant−1, grain yield plant−1, leaf area index, harvest index) from four environments and subjected for the estimation of stability parameters. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among genotypes, parents, hybrids and males x females interactions for all the traits under study. Out of the thirty hybrids, the hybrids AKMS-30A X AKR-504, AKMS-70A X AKR-354, AKMS-30A X AKR-422, AKMS-30A X Rb-301-4-1, AKMS-70A X Rb-342-2, AKMS-104A X AKR-354 and AKMS-104A X Rb-301-4-1 were found to be stable and promising for grain yield plant−1 along with most of the other yield contributing traits. Out of thirteen parents, six parents viz., AKR-504, AKR-456, Rb-301-4-1, Rb-324-3, Rb-342-2 and AKR-354 illustrated stability for grain yield plant along with other important traits.
Stability, Correlation, Sorghum
