Estimation of genetic variability and heritability for quantitative traits in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Abstract

A study was carried out in the field of Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh during 2018-2019. Fifty one genotypes of chickpea were evaluated for means and components of variability, heritability, genetic advance for seed yield. Characters like days to maturity, followed by number of pods per plant, number of primary branches, number of secondary branches, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, days to 50% flowering showed high heritability coupled with high genetic advance as percent of mean, respectively suggesting that there was preponderance of additive gene action for the expression of these characters.