Nature of variability and associations in fenugreek

One hundred genotypes of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) showed significant variability for 11 characters except number of grains/pod and 1000-grain weight. The broad sense heritability, however, was high (>40) for days to flowering, pods/plant, straw and grain yield/plant. It was moderate or low for plant height, branches/plant, days to maturity and pod length. Grain yield/plant showed significant positive association with plant height, branches/plant, effective branches/plant, pods/plant and straw yield/plant. Out of these characters, however, only straw yield had significant direct positive effect on grain yield.