Genetic Variability, Heritability Studies of different Genotype in Turmeric (Curcuma longa)

Author: Kanchan Pathak*, Vijay Bahadur and Netrapal Yadav

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ABSTRACT: The research on 24 genotypes of turmeric was carried out in SHUATS, Naini, Prayagraj to assess the genetic diversity contained in turmeric. The current study demonstrates that qualitative characteristics are beneficial in turmeric breeding and genetic analysis. This experiment was carried out and reproduced three times in R.B.D. The emergence percentage, number of tillers and leaves per plant, leaf length and breadth, plant height and girth, chlorophyll content, length, core diameter, and weight of the mother, primary and secondary rhizomes, number of primary and secondary rhizomes per plant, yield per plant and plot/ha, and curcumin content were all recorded. The weight of the mother rhizome, the length and weight of the primary and secondary rhizomes, the yield per plant and plot all had high phenotypic and genotypic coefficients of variation. Higher heredity (in the broad sense) was seen in the number of tillers per plant, leaf length and breath, plant height and girth, an

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Keywords: Phenotypic Coefficient of Variation, Genotypic Coefficient of Variation, Heritability (Broad sense), Genetic advancement