International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 2
First page : (793) Last page : (796)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5965

Variability, Heritability and Genetic Advance in Garlic (Allium sativum L.)

Chatoo M. A.¹, Rizwan Rashid²*, Angrej Ali¹, Kamaluddin³ and Bhat F. N.¹

¹Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura, Sher-e-Kasmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar
²HARES-Zanskar, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar
³Division of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura, Sher-e-Kasmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar
*Corresponding Author E-mail: rizwan60@gmail.com
Received: 3.11.2017  |  Revised: 15.12.2017   |  Accepted: 24.12.2017  

 

 ABSTRACT

Eleven genotypes of garlic (Allium sativum L.) were assessed for yield and other yield related attributes. Analysis of variance showed significant difference among all the genotypes for all the characters under study. Little differences were found between magnitude of phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV) and genetic coefficient of variation for all the traits under study indicated that the trait were least affected by environment and are genetically controlled. High heritability coupled .with high genetic advance as per cent of mean was recorded for total bulb yield (97.66), TSS (96.13), average weight of ten cloves (96.06), average weight of ten bulbs (93.73), no. of cloves (92.14) and marketable yield (89.54) indicating that additive genetic variance was predominant. Among the evaluated germplasm lines, SKAU-G-05 performed better in respect of total bulb yield (308.73 q/ha), marketable yield (290.21 q/ha), average weight of ten bulb (57.93 g), number of cloves (61.33) and no. of pseudo stem length (3.36 cm). Therefore, the results of the present study revealed that good scope for garlic improvement is possible through selection. Furthermore, among the genotypes, SKAU-G-05 being superior for yield and other yield traits might be used by the breeders for further clonal selection.

Key words:  Garlic, Heritability, Genetic advance.

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Cite this article: Chatoo, M.A., Rashid, R., Ali, A., Kamaluddin and Bhat, F.N., Variability, Heritability and Genetic Advance in Garlic (Allium sativum L.), Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.6(2): 793-796 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5965