Abstract

Twenty different Sesbania collections, 16 collected from different areas of Uttar Pradesh, two from IARI and two from TNAU, Coimbatore were evaluated for eight important characters including growth, yield attributes and duration of maturity. In the experiment carried out from 2000- 2002, considerable variability was observed for most of the traits in both the years. Higher values of genotypic coefficient of variation along with high heritability for most characters indicated the scope for improvement in Sesbania by selection. Further, based on meteroglyph, analysis of six important characteristics in these 20 genotypes was carried out. Based on index scores, it was inferred that genotype 10 was the best on overall basis. Arranging of genotypes into various groups by meteroglyph would facilitate selection of desirable parents for future hybridization programmes

Keywords: Genotypic and phenotypic variability, Meteroglyph, Sesbania