Variability and character association studies in fodder oat (Avena sativa L.)
O. Sangwan*, Ram Avtar, R. N. Arora and Amit Singh
Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding
CCS Haryana Agricultural University,
Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : osangwan@gmail.com)
(Received : 18 December, 2012, Accepted : 20 March, 2013)
SUMMARY
The present study on variability and character association in fodder oat was carried out at Forage Research area, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCS HAU, Hisar during rabi 2010-11. The results revealed that the magnitude of genotype and phenotypic coefficient of variation was moderate for dry mater yield, number of fellow/m and green fodder yield. The green fodder yield had maximum positive direct on dry fodder yield followed by plant height and number of tillers/m though heritability estimated accomparied with moderate genetic advance were observed for dry matter yield and green fodder yield.
Key words : Variability, correlation, path analysis, heritability genetic advance, fodder oat