D.L. VINEESHA*, D. BHARATHI, D.M. SREEVALLI, B. RAMANAMURTHY AND D.M. REDDY

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517502.

ABSTRACT

Thirty five blackgram genotypes were grown during Rabi, 2021-2022 in order to evaluate the performance of elite genotypes of blackgram for 12 quantitative characters. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with three replications. Analysis of variance for all quantitative traits showed that mean sum of squares due to genotypes was highly significant for all characters studied. Based on mean performance, the genotypes LBG-645, MBG-1058 and TU-94-2 were adjudged as the best genotypes for improving yield, while the genotypes PU-31 and P-1032 for improving yield and yield attributes coupled with early maturing traits in blackgram.

KEYWORDS: Genotype, RBD, ANOVA, Yield, Early maturity.