Genetic Variability Studies for Yield and Its Attributing Traits in Dark Brown Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)

The present experiment was carried out during Kharif, 2019 at Jawaharlal Nehru krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. A total of 500 accessions were evaluated and observations were recorded on twelve traits viz., days to flower initiation, days to fifty percent flowering, days to maturity, plant height (cm), number of primary branches per plant, number of secondary branches per plant, number of capsules per plant, number of seeds per capsule, capsule length (cm), 1000 seed weight (g), seed yield per plant (g) and oil content (%). REML analysis revealed significant differences among the 500 accessions for all the traits. It indicates an adequate amount of genetic variability present among the accessions for yield and yield attributing traits. Phenotypic coefficients variation values were higher than Genotypic coefficients variation values under the study. High heritability was recorded for all the traits under experiment. Genetic advance as percentage of mean recorded low for traits days to flower initiation, days to 50% flowering, days to maturity. Medium for traits oil content (%), plant height, number of seeds per capsule, whereas traits capsule length, number of capsule per plant, thousand seed weight, number of primary branches per plant, seed yield per plant, number of secondary branches per plant recorded in high magnitudes. This result indicates preponderance of additive gene effect, which will help to make selection in early segregating generation.