Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal 741252.
* Present address: Dept. of Genetics & Plant Breeding, North Bengal Campus, B.C.K.V., Pundibari, Cooch Behar 736165.
Genetic variability was observed among nine olitorius jute strains at 7 growth stages starting from 30th to 120th day. A few strains showed slow initial growth but had high growth rate later, while other strains showed opposite trend in respect of plant height, basal diameter, barkweight, and dry fibre weight. Tanganika was the best among the strains studied. The growth at one stage was significantly different from that in subsequent stages. Bark weight showed positive correlation with plantheight, basal diameter, and dry fibre weight.
Jute, C. olitorius, variability, quality traits, growth pattern
