Variability, Heritability and Genetic Divergence in Yellow Sarson (Brassica campestris. var. Yellow Sarson) Genotypes under the Mid-hills of Sikkim

Forty two genotypes of yellow sarson (Brassica campestris L. var. yellow sarson) were evaluated under organic conditions in the mid-hills of Sikkim in RBD during the rabi season of 2007 and 2008 for eight quantitative traits namely, plant height, number of primary branches, days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, number of siliqua/plant, length of siliqua, number of seeds/siliqua and seed yield/plant. High heritability with high genetic advance was observed for number of siliqua/plant, number of seeds/siliqua and seed yield/plant. The 42 genotypes were grouped into 9 clusters. The number of siliqua/plant contributed maximum towards genetic divergence. The performance and seed yield of seven genotypes viz., Pusa Gold, NDYS 2018, SSY-1, Ragini, Jhumka, NDYS 9504 and GS-1 were found better.