S. DIVYA SREE*, B. RUPESH KUMAR REDDY, M. SHANTHI PRIYA AND A.R. NIRMAL KUMAR

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

ABSTRACT

Thirty-six groundnut genotypes were grown during Rabi, 2021-2022 in order to evaluate the performance of elite geno- types of groundnut for 14 characters. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. Analysis of variance showed that mean sum of squares due to genotypes was highly significant for all characters studied. For pod yield plant-1; the genotypes TCGS-2223, TCGS-2040, TCGS-2039, TCGS-2230, TCGS-2053, TCGS-2055, TCGS-2317, TCGS-2278,

TCGS-2233 and TCGS-2052 showned improved performance. TCGS-2223 exhibited better performance for all the characters studied except for the trait plant height. TCGS-2053 outperformed all the other genotypes in terms of pod yield plant-1.

KEYWORDS: Genotypes, RBD, Pod yield, Plant height.