Stability of green pod yield and its components in faba bean (Vicia faba L.)

An experiment was conducted during winter season (October-February) (2008, 2009 & 2010) to study the stability parameters, viz., regression coefficient (bi) and mean square deviations (s²di) from linear regression, along with per-se performance of 20 faba bean genotypes for 10 green pod yield related traits. The genotype HAVFB-41 (23.74 t/ha) was the top green pod yielder, stable and suitable for favourable environment, while it was also suitable for unfavourable environment for days to 1^st picking (88.33 days), pod breadth (1.12 cm) and pod girth (1.04 cm). The genotype HAVFB-37 was also promising, stable and suitable for favourable environment for green pod yield (23.06 t/ha), number of branches/plant (6.18), harvest index (51.41%) and pod length (6.13 cm).