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The experimental material consisted of 20 accessions which were evaluated the estimates of genetic variability heritability and genetic advance in fenugreek. High coefficients of variation were recorded for seed yield per plant and number of pods per plant, while, lower coefficients of variation were recorded for days to 50 per cent flowering, pod length and 1000-seed weight. The highest heritability ( broad sense) was observed for plant height 90 DAS (96.00%) followed by number of pod per plant (90.70%), seed yield per plant (88.30%), 1000-seed weight (82.30%), plant height 60 DAS (75.70%), seeds per pod (74.10%), days to 50% flowering (70.40%), number of primary branches per plant (46.20%), plant height 30 DAS (42.10%), pod length (24.00%). When variability, heritability and genetic advance are considered together seed yield per part, pods per plant and number of primary branches per plant may be the best table traits that could be exploited for hybridization and selection for improvement since these characters recorded high variability, high heritability and high to moderate genetic advance.

Key words: Fenugreek, variability, yield, pcv, gcv, heritability and genetic advance.