International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 1
First page : (679) Last page : (686)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2464
A Study on Genetic Variability, Character Association and Path Coefficient Analysis in Promising Indigenous Gentoypes of Garlic(Allium sativum L.)
Bhawana Bhatt1, Anil Kumar Soni1, Kuldeep Jangid2* and Santosh Kumar1
1Department of Horticulture, S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner
2Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner
Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Jobner, Jaipur – 303329 (Rajasthan)
*Corresponding Author E-mail: jangidkuldeep09@gmail.com
Received: 16.01.2017 | Revised: 25.01.2017 | Accepted: 28.01.2017
ABSTRACT
A set of sixteen diverse indigenous genotypes of garlic were studied for the assessment of genetic variability and character association including path coefficient analysis, genetic heritability and genetic advance for twelve yield contributing and economically important traits. A substantial level of genetic diversity was encountered among all the studied genotypes. At both genotypic and phenotypic levels, gross bulb yield was found significantly and positively associated with number of cloves bulb-1 (rp = 0.803**, rg = 0.807), ascorbic acid (rp = 0.549**, rg = 0.572) and weight of 10 uniform cloves (rp = 0.486**, rg = 0.487). At the genotypic level, the maximum direct and positive effect on bulb yield was exerted by number of cloves bulb-1 (0.684) followed by ascorbic acid (0.399). The maximum negative direct effect on bulb yield was exerted by sulphur content (-0.329) followed by volume of bulb (-0.215), plant height at 90 days after sowing (-0.064), neck thickness (-0.045), TSS (-0.017) and weight of 10 uniform cloves (-0.001). Thus, the present study indicated that the selection for number of cloves bulb-1, dry weight of bulb, circumference of bulb and number of leaves plant-1 should be given emphasizes during the selection in garlic.
Key words: Genetic variability, Correlation, Path analysis, Garlic.
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Cite this article: Bhatt, B., Soni, A.K., Jangid, K. and Kumar, S., A Study on Genetic Variability, Character Association and Path Coefficient Analysis in Promising Indigenous Gentoypes of Garlic (Allium sativum L.), Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(1): 679-686 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2464
