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International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 5
First page : (954) Last page : (959)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-6646

Variability Studies on Yield and Yield Attributing Characters in Fennel
(Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) Genotypes

Ravi Kumar Telugu¹*, Tehlan, S.K.¹, Mukesh K.² and Mamtha N.C.¹

¹Department of Vegetable Science, ²Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding,
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-124004 (Haryana)
*Corresponding Author E-mail: ravikumar.horti@gmail.com
Received: 22.06.2018 | Revised: 30.07.2018 | Accepted: 10.08.2018  

 ABSTRACT

The experimental material comprised of fifty genotypes of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) and evaluated at Vegetable Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana), during the Rabi seasons of 2015-16 and 2016-17 in a randomized block design with three replications. The analysis of variance indicated high significant differences among the genotypes for all thirteen traits evaluated. This revealed prevalence of sufficient amount of variation in genotypes of fennel. Overall mean and range values indicated ample variability for most of the characters evaluated. The phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV) was higher than corresponding genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) were observed for characters like plant height, primary branches per plant, secondary branches per plant, days to 50% flowering, umbels per plant, Umbellates per umbel, seeds per umbellate, seeds per umbel, seed yield per plant (g), seed yield per ha (Q), harvest index (%) and test weight (g). High heritability coupled with moderate to high genetic advance as per cent of mean were observed for characters plant height (cm), primary branches per plant, secondary branches per plant, umbels per plant, Umbellates per umbel, seeds per umbellate, seeds per umbel, seed yield per plant (g), seed yield per ha (Q), harvest index (%) and test weight (g). This indicates the attributing characters among the genotypes evaluated and will be improved by selecting for yield and attributing characters.

Key words: Fennel, Variabilty, PCV, GCV and Heritability.

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Cite this article: Telugu, R.K., Tehlan, S.K., Mukesh, K. and Mamtha, N.C., Variability Studies on Yield and Yield Attributing Characters in Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill) Genotypes, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.6(5): 954-959 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6646