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Thirty three genotypes of peanut were evaluated during kharif 2019 to estimate genetic parameters viz., genetic variance, heritability (broad sense) and genetic advance as per cent of mean for 19 characters. The analysis of variance revealed that highly significant differences were observed among the genotypes for all the characters studied except dry haulms yield per plant. The phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV) was greater than genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) for all the characters studied implying that these characters were highly influenced by the environmental effects. High PCV and GCV values (>20%) was recorded for number of primary branches per plant and number of secondary branches per plant. High heritability (> 60%) coupled with high genetic advance as per cent of mean was recorded for specific leaf area at 45 DAS, number of primary branches per plant, hundred pod weight and hundred kernel weight indicating that these characters were governed by additive gene effects and selection of these characters is rewarding
Genetic advance, heritability, variability, peanut.