Department of Horticulture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bangalore-560 065, Karnataka, India
Online published on 19 March, 2018.
An effort was made to find out the promising genotypes suitable for Bengaluru with 25 genotypes of fenugreek with diverse geographical origins during kharif 2009 in randomized block design with two replications. The mean data were subjected to statistical analysis. All the genotypes varied significantly with respect to growth and yield parameters. The genotype CO-1 performed well with respect to growth parameters, whereas Chikkaballapur Local for yield parameters at different stages of crop growth. The genotypic and phenotypic coefficients of variation were maximum for the number of branches per plant at 30 DAS, number of branches and plant spread at harvest. Heritability and genetic advance estimates were high for all the traits except for plant height, number of branches and plant spread at 30 DAS, pod length and harvest index. Seed yield was found to be positively and significantly correlated with shelling percentage, number of pods per plant, 1000-seed weight, number of seeds per pod and plant spread at harvest. Path analysis revealed that number of pods per plant, shelling percentage, harvest index, number of branches and plant height at harvest exhibited high positive direct effect on seed yield. Some of the genotypes have been identified as desirable for growth and yield attributes which can be used in the breeding programme for further improvement.
Correlation, Fenugreek, Growth and yield attributes, Path coefficient, Variability
