Genetic Variability, Heritability, Expected Genetic Advance and Character Association in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medic.)

Fourty advance lines including five varieties of lentil were studied for genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance and character association for seed yield/plant and its component traits. The maximum variability was observed for seed yield/plant followed by pods/plant, 100-seed weight, number of seeds/pod and branches/plant. Heritability estimates were observed to be high for all the traits. High expected genetic advance coupled with high heritability estimates were for seed yield/plant, pods/plant and plant height indicating least influenced by the environmental variation. Seed yield/plant had significant and positive association with pods/plant, plant height, harvest index and grains/pod.