The present investigation entitled “Characterization of induced mutants for earliness and anthracnose resistance traits of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)” was conducted during Kharif 2020 at the Experimental farm of Regional Horticulture Research Station Bhaderwah (RHRSB), SKUAST-J for ascertaining the nature and extent of genetic variation, to outline the ass...

Stripe rust is an important biotic stress effecting wheat and the development of varieties with durable resistance is a viable alternative. The present investigation entitled “Combining behaviour of exotic x local wheats for durable resistance to stripe rust” targeted the development of F1s involving eight resistant lines obtained from a diverse exotic core germpla...

Present study entitled “Divergence analysis for agro-morphological and quality traits in advanced breeding lines of rice (Oryza sativa L.)” was carried out during Kharif season 2020 at the Experimental Area of Division of Plant Breeding and Genetics to ascertain the nature and extent of genetic divergence among advanced breeding lines of rice. Twenty seven advan...

A study was conducted on Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss. to identify Indian type low erucic acid genotypes from a segregating F2:3 cross between Indian genotype (Pusa Mehak) × East European genotype (Primus). Morphological data analyses indicated that there was a wide distribution of trait values obtained for F2 and F3 population. Correlation analyses among mor...

The present study entitled “Genetic Analysis of Recombinant Inbred Lines for Heat Tolerance and Productive Trait in Bread Wheat (Triticumaestivum L.).” was carried out during Rabi 2018-2019 at the experimental area of Division of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu, Main Cam...

The present investigation was undertaken to study the genetic divergence of different Brassica genotypes for white rust resistance in a group of 37 varieties/genotypes of Brassica juncea, Brassica napus, Brassica rapa (Toria) with respect to 11 different characters. The heritability value ranged from 99.3 % for days to maturity to 23.2 % for oil content under irrig...

Maize (Zea mays L.) has been extensively used in crop improvement research and is the third most important cereal crop after wheat and rice in the world. The present study was conducted to assess the magnitude of genetic diversity present in the fifty maize inbreds. The maize inbred lines were developed at Maize Research Station, Udhampur and received from IIMR, Ne...

The cultivated chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the first most important pulse crop of India in area, production and productivity (Agrawal et al. 2018). Chickpea is one of the major pulse crop grown under rainfed conditions in Jammu and Kashmir during Rabi season. In the present investigation, twenty two advanced breeding lines of chickpea along with standard check...

The present study was undertaken to assess the genetic diversity present in the twenty-eight oat (Avena sativa L.) germplasms collected from different centres of the country. The experiment was conducted at Research Farm of Division of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Chatha during Rabi 2018-19 in RCBD with three replications and data on different morpho-physiological,...

The present investigation entitled “Genotype x environment interactions for yield and yield contributing traits in Urdbean (Vigna mungo L.)” was conducted during Kharif 2020 at the Research Farm, Chatha, Arid Centre for Rainfed Agriculture, Rakhdhiansar and Pulses Research Sub-Station, Samba for estimating genetic parameters, to outline the association of grain yie...

The present investigation entitled “Genotype-Environment Interaction Study for Fodder Yield and Related Traits in Oat Genotypes (Avena sativa L.) by AMMI Analysis” was undertaken to assess the magnitude of genotype × environment interaction and performance stability in the fodder oat, during Rabi 2019-20. The thirty-one oat genotypes including a check were planted ...

Present study entitled, “Principal component analysis for yield and its contributing traits in rice germplasm (Oryza sativa L.)” was carried out during Kharif 2019 at Experimental Area of Division of Plant Breeding and Genetics with an aim to assess genetic variation among rice germplasm lines employing multivariate biometrical approach viz., Principal Component An...