Screening of promising accessions of urdbean (V. mungo L.) from different agroâ€ecological zones of Southern and Southâ€“Eastern Rajasthan (India) based on biometrical attributes

S. S. Punia; Baldev Ram; Meenakshi Dheer; A. Raghuvanshi; N. R. Koli; B. R. Ranwha; O. P. Khedar; S. R. Maloo

doi:10.38150/sajeb.2(2).p66-72

Authors

S. S. Punia Agricultural Research Station, Post Box # 07, G.P.O. Nayapura, Kotaâ€324001(Raj), India
Baldev Ram Agricultural Research Station, Post Box # 07, G.P.O. Nayapura, Kotaâ€324001(Raj), India
Meenakshi Dheer Agricultural Research Station, Post Box # 07, G.P.O. Nayapura, Kotaâ€324001(Raj), India
A. Raghuvanshi Agricultural Research Station, Post Box # 07, G.P.O. Nayapura, Kotaâ€324001(Raj), India
N. R. Koli Agricultural Research Station, Post Box # 07, G.P.O. Nayapura, Kotaâ€324001(Raj), India
B. R. Ranwha Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur, Rajasthan
O. P. Khedar Agricultural Research Station, Durgapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan
S. R. Maloo Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur, Rajasthan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38150/sajeb.2(2).p66-72

Abstract

Genetic variability among 133 accessions of urdbean (Vigna mungo) collected from different agroâ€ecological zones of Southern and South–Eastern Rajasthan, India was assessed for several qualitative and quantitative traits. These accessions along with two national checks KU 96â€3 and RBU 38 were evaluated in randomized block design with three replications at experimental field of Agricultural Research Station, Ummedganj, Kota (25.18°N and 75.86°E), Rajasthan, India during kharif 2009 and 2010. Wide range of variability was observed for both qualitative and quantitative traits. Plant height (cm), primary branches and pods per plant showed high genetic advance and moderate to high heritability. This suggests that the selection based on these traits would be useful in improving the seed yield. The genotypes like KPU 1099, KPU 1057 and KPU 1086 can be used as promising donor parents in recombination breeding programme for obtaining high heterotic response and better segregants.