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Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur

Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (renamed as Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in June, 2001) was established on 1st November, 1978.The College of Agriculture (established in May, 1966) formed the nucleus of the new farm University. It is ICAR accredited and ISO 9001:2015 certified institution. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has ranked this University at eleventh place among all farm universities of the country. The University has been given the mandate for making provision for imparting education in agriculture and other allied branches of learning, furthering the advancement of learning and prosecution of research and undertaking extension of such sciences, especially to the rural people of Himachal Pradesh. Over the years, this University has contributed significantly in transforming the farm scenario of Himachal Pradesh. It has developed human resources, varieties and technologies and transferred these to farming community enabling the State to receive the “Krishikarman award” of Govt. of India four times in row for food grain production among small states of the country. Today, the State has earned its name for hill agricultural diversification and the farming community has imposed its faith in the University.

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Subject: Vegetable Science × Author: Kaur, Amandeep × End date: 2019 × Type: Thesis ×
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    GENETIC EVALUATION FOR YIELD AND ITS COMPONENT TRAITS IN OKRA (Abellmoschus escullentus (L..) Moench)
    (CSKHPKV, Palampur, 2019-07-10) Kaur, Amandeep; Sood, Sonia
    Okrra ((Abellmoschus escullenttus ((L..)) Moench)) allso calllled as llady‟‟s ffiingerr orr bhiindii iis one off tthe mostt common,, exporrtt orriientted and prriinciipall vegettablle crrops grrown allll tthe yearr rround iin tthe counttrry iinclludiing llow and miid hiilllls off Hiimachall Prradesh.. Devellopmentt off hiigh yiielldiing and yellllow veiin mosaiic viirrus ((YVMV)) rresiisttantt varriiettiies iis tthe majjorr necessiitty iin tthiis crrop.. IIntterrspeciiffiic and iintterrvarriiettall hybrriidiizattiion ffollllowed by sellecttiion have been adoptted tto devellop hiigh yiielldiing and YVMV rresiisttantt varriiettiies.. Howeverr,, a ffrrequentt brreakdown off YVMV rresiisttance iin mostt off tthe rresiisttantt varriiettiies has ttaken pllace and tthiis needs iimmediiatte attttenttiion.. Hence,, iidenttiiffiicattiion and devellopmentt off new iimprroved diisease rresiisttantt cullttiivarrs iis verry iimporrttantt tto ffurrttherr boostt up tthe prroducttiion and prroducttiiviitty off tthe crrop.. Based on tthese consiiderrattiions,, tthe prresentt iinvesttiigattiion was,, ttherrefforre,, underrttaken iin 30 diiverrse genottypes off okrra evalluatted iin Randomiized Compllette Bllock Desiign wiitth tthrree rreplliicattiions att Pallampurr durriing summerr--rraiiny season,, 2018 tto assess tthe genettiic parrametterrs off varriiabiilliitty and tto underrsttand tthe iintterr--rrellattiionshiips among horrttiiculltturrall ttrraiitts fforr marrkett and seed crrop.. The anallysiis off varriiance rrevealled siigniiffiicantt diifffferrences among genottypes fforr allll quanttiittattiive and qualliitty ttrraiitts allong wiitth diisease rreacttiion sttudiied iin botth marrkett and seed crrop.. The maxiimum pod yiielld was obserrved iin genottype 9801 ffollllowed by Kashii Viibhuttii,, DPO--5,, Pallam Komall and Punjjab Suhawanii,, wherreas iin seed crrop tthe genottypes DPO--5,, Kashii Sattdharrii,, Pallam Komall,, 9801 and Punjjab Suhawanii werre tthe hiighestt seed yiiellderr.. The esttiimattes off phenottypiic coeffffiiciientt off varriiattiion ((PCV)) and genottypiic coeffffiiciientt off varriiattiion ((GCV)) werre hiigh fforr muciillage iin marrkett crrop,, whiille iin seed crrop,, iitt was hiigh fforr seed yiielld.. The PCV and GCV vallues fforr ottherr ttrraiitts werre llow tto moderratte depiicttiing tthe prresence off substtanttiiall varriiabiilliitty.. Hiigh herriittabiilliitty couplled wiitth hiigh genettiic advance was obserrved fforr rriidges perr pod,, muciillage and pod yiielld perr pllantt iin marrkett crrop.. IIn seed crrop seed viigourr,, node att whiich tthe ffiirrstt pod sett and seed yiielld werre ffound tto have hiigh herriittabiilliitty couplled wiitth hiigh genettiic advance,, rrevealliing tthe iimporrttance off addiittiive gene acttiion fforr tthese ttrraiitts iin botth marrkett and seed crrop.. Hence,, tthese charractterrs coulld be iimprroved tthrrough diirrectt sellecttiion.. Low herriittabiilliitty associiatted wiitth llow genettiic advance fforr days tto marrkettablle matturriitty and pod diiametterr iin tthe marrkett crrop,, whiille days tto 50 perr centt ffllowerriing and days tto seed matturriitty iin tthe seed crrop werre iindiicattiive off non--addiittiive gene acttiion,, and consequenttlly llow genettiic gaiin iis expectted ffrrom sellecttiion iin such a siittuattiion.. Among viisualllly obserrved charractterrs,, grreen,, darrk grreen and yellllowiish grreen pod collourr att iimmatturre sttage,, downy tto slliighttlly rrough pubescence and allmostt 5 rriidges perr pod werre rrecorrded iin tthe genottypes evalluatted.. Based upon corrrrellattiion and patth--coeffffiiciientt anallysiis rrevealled tthatt tthe sellecttiion based on pods perr pllantt,, nodes perr pllantt,, durrattiion off avaiillabiilliitty off ediiblle pods,, pllantt heiightt and averrage pod weiightt iin marrkett crrop,, wherreas iin seed crrop sellecttiion based on seeds perr pod,, pllantt heiightt,, nodes perr pllantt and 100--seed weiightt woulld be ffrruiittffull and rrewarrdiing fforr effffecttiive iimprrovementt off pod and seed yiielld,, rrespecttiivelly.. IIn marrkett crrop genottypes 9801,, Kashii Viibhuttii,, DPO--5 and Punjjab Suhawanii werre hiighestt yiiellderr,, wherreas iin seed crrop tthe genottypes DPO--5,, Kashii Sattdharrii,, 9801 and Punjjab Suhawanii werre tthe hiighestt yiiellderr and werre superriiorr ffrrom check Punjjab--8 botth iin marrkett and seed crrop.. Barrrriing DPO--5,, ottherr genottypes werre earrlly ffllowerriing ttypes fforr botth marrkett and seed crrop.. Allll hiigh yiielldiing genottypes had grreen orr darrk grreen pods wiitth downy pubescence.. Exceptt Kashii Sattdharrii hiigh yiielldiing genottypes werre rresiisttantt tto powderry miilldew botth iin marrkett and seed crrop underr ffiielld condiittiions.. 9801,, DPO--5 and Punjjab Suhawanii werre tthe genottypes whiich werre tthe mostt desiirrablle botth fforr marrkett and seed crrop.. Hence,, tthese arre lliikelly tto perrfforrm betttterr iin Hiimachall Prradesh afftterr mullttii--location testing as these possess iinherrentt abiilliitty tto hiigh yiielldiing allong wiitth powderry miilldew rresiisttance and superriiorr quality traits.