GENETIC VARIABILITY STUDIES IN FORAGE BAJRA[Pennisetum glaucum(L.) R. Br.]
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2011-07-04
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ANDUAT,KUMARGANJ,AYODHYA
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The present investigation entitled “Genetic variability studies on
forage bajra (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.)” was conducted at
Genetics and Plant Breeding Research Farm of Narendra Deva University
of Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, Faizabad (U.P.) in saline sodic
soil under irrigated condition during Kharif 2010-11. The experimental
material constituted 36 genotypes including three check viz., NDFB-2,
Raj Bajra Chari and Giant Bajra. The experiment was laid out in
Randomized Block Design with three replications. Each entry was sown
in two rows per plot of 3 x 2 m2 with row spacing of 10 cm. The
observation were recorded on eleven quantitative characters namely days
to 50% flowering, no. of tillers/plant, leaf length (cm), leaf width (cm),
leaf-stem ratio, grain yield/plant (g), dry matter yield/plant (g), plant
height (cm), panicle length (cm), 1000-grain weight (g), green fodder
yield/plant (g) the and incidence of major insect-pest were recorded on
plot basis. The data recorded on these characters was utilized for
estimation of mean, range, variance, correlations, path coefficients and
genetic divergence.
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