Evaluation of the half sib progenies to identify prepotency of the mother clones of Grewia optiva Drummond

Abstract

Forty half sib progenies of Grewia optiva Drummond were evaluated for morphometric and fodder quality traits. The analysis of variance indicated highly significant differences among the various half sib families for all the traits. The experimental results revealed that out of 40 families, ten families viz., SI-15, SO-3,HA-2,HA-3,HA-4,SO-7,SH-7,SO-4,SI-6 and SI-14 were found superior on the basis of overall mean performance for all quantitative and qualitative traits under study. Hence, these half sib families can be used in further breeding programme.