Studies on Genetic Variability, Heritability, Genetic Advance for Yield, and Yield Components in Rice Landraces

 

Pravallika Y¹ *, Ravi Kumar BNVSR² , Aravind Kumar J³ and Anand Kumar ADVSLP4

Agricultural College-Bapatla, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur 522101, India

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Maruteru, 534122, India

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, 500030, India

Department of Entomology, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Maruteru, 534122, India

*Corresponding author’s Email: pravallikashetty8991@gmail.com

Volume 15(2), 2022   ;  https://doi.org/10.58297/PDTR9988   Click here for Pdf

Received: 30th July 2022; Accepted: 25th August 2022

 

Abstract

An investigation was carried out to study the variability, heritability, and genetic advance as per cent of mean for yield and yield components in 100 rice landraces along with four checks at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Maruteru during Kharif, 2021. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the landraces for all the characters indicating sufficient genetic variation in the experimental material under study. The studies on variability, heritability, and genetic advance as per cent mean revealed small differences between GCV and PCV that were recorded for all the characters studied, indicating less environmental influence on these characters. Moderate levels of PCV and GCV, high heritability coupled with high genetic advance as per cent of mean were recorded for plant height, panicle length, grain yield, plant, and test weight indicating the effectiveness of simple selection in the improvement of these traits.