Analysis of Variability Parameters and Genetic Divergence in Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.)
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Ramesh
Agriculture University, Jodhpur
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Cuminum cyminum, Heritability, Variability, PCV, GCV, Genetic advance, Genetic divergence, D2Abstract
The Experiment was conducted on 60 diverse cumin genotypes and observations were recorded on thirteen characters at Dr. B.R. Choudhary Agricultural Research Station, Mandor-Jodhpur (Rajasthan) during Rabi season, 2024-25 in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications. The mean sum of square (analysis of variance) due to blocks were highly significant for all the thirteen characters under study represent variability among the genotypes. The higher extent phenotypic and genotypic coefficient of variation were observed for biological yield per plant, while high heritability with high genetic advance as percent of mean was recorded for number of umbellate per umbel followed by number of umbels per plant, biological yield per plant, seed yield per plant and essential oil content indicating the influence of additive gene action. Genetic diversity analysis grouped the sixty diverse cumin genotypes into sixteen clusters with maximum intra cluster distance was observed in cluster-Ⅵ followed by cluster-Ⅲ. Maximum inter cluster distance was recorded between cluster-X and XII followed by cluster-XII and XIII indicated the presence of wide diversity between the cumin genotypes of the clusters.
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