Author(s): Deeksha Rai, CN Ram, Trisha Das, Ramesh Rajbhar and Suraj Luthra

Abstract: The present investigation entitled “Assessment of genetic variability of coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) genotypes was executed at Main Experimental Station of Department of Vegetable Science, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology Narendra Nagar (Kumarganj), Ayodhya (U.P.) during rabi season, 2022 with the objectives to study the genetic variability, heritability in broad sense and genetic advance as per cent of mean among the available genotypes of coriander. Experimental material for the study consisted of 60 genotypes including two check varieties (NDCor-2 and Hisar Anand). The experiment was conducted in Augmented Block Design. Observations were recorded on twelve quantitative characters viz. Days to 50% flowering, No. of nodes per plant, No. of branches per plant, Internodal length(cm), Plant height (cm), No. of umbels per plant, No. of umbellates per umbel, No. of Schizocarps per umbel, No. of schizocarps per umbellate, Umbel diameter (cm), 1000 seed weight (cm) and seed yield per plant (g). In analysis of variance, the variance due to block were highly significant for number of nodes per plant and number of schizocarps per umbellate and significant for all other characters, except number of branches per plant and number of umbels per plant are not significant. High magnitudes of PCV and GCV were observed in case of seed yield per plant. High heritability is found in number of schizocarps per umbel and umbel diameter. While, highest value of genetic advance in per cent of mean was estimated for seed yield per plant and lowest value are observed in number of umbellates per umbel.

DOI: 10.33545/26174693.2024.v8.i7m.1645