National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, I.A.R.I. Complex, New-Delhi-110012
1Present address: IARI Regional, Research Station Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad 500030.
300 germplasm accessions of guar [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L) Taub] were evaluated for a number of component characters including yield. A study of heritability, expected genetic advance and phenotiypc correlation coefficients suggested that there was ample scope for testing snme of the stocks in yield trails and exercising selectiou for these traits simultaneously. One of the accessions was promising in yield with field resistance to bacterial blight as well. Some of these accessions are under further evaluation directly and in breeding programmes to improve seed yield.
