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STUDIES ON PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC CO-EFFICIENT OF VARIABILITY AND ESTIMATES OF HERITABILITY IN F2 AND F3 GENERATIONS IN SORGHUM (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) CROSSES

Volume : 73
Issue: Apr-apr
Pages: 181 - 187
Published: September 25, 2023
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Abstract


Six quantitative traits of sorghum in F, and F. generations derived from three inter- varietal crosses were analysed for their mean performance variability and heritability esti- inates. The study revealed that cross C'had high mean and high variability for number of leaves, ear weight, 100 grain weight and grain yield. But for plant height and ear length, the cross combinations B and A appeared to be respectively superior for mean and variability. Heritability estimates in F, and F. population indicated that cross combi- nation C is more suitable for effective selection to obtain quick results than the other two cross combinations for all characters excepting ear length. But heritability estimates were low in both F, and F, in all the three crosses for grain yield.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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