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Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

Vol. 8, Special Issue 2 (2019)

Genetic advance for physiological parameters in two high yielding castor (<em>Ricinus communis </em>L.) genotypes under irrigation and moisture stress

Author(s):

Sowmya P, Vanaja M, Sunita V and Raghuram Reddy P

Abstract:
During Kharif-2014, a field study was conducted with two high yielding CRIDA castor genotypes, <em>viz</em>.,CRC-2 and CRC-9along with the check 48-1under irrigated and moisture stress conditions to assess their variability and genetic advance for seed yield and physiological traits <em>viz</em>., ELWRC, RWC, Pn, gs, Tr and WUE. Significant variability was observed among the genotypes for all the characters studied.CRC-9 performed better than the check for the four physiological traits studied <em>viz</em>., ELWRC, Pn, gs and WUE under both irrigated and moisture deficit stress conditions. Whereas, CRC-2 performed better than the check for two physiological traits <em>viz</em>., gs and Tr under moisture deficit conditions only.High heritability with high genetic advance was recorded for Pn under both the conditions studied while for gs and Tr under moisture deficit stressonly indicating the predominance of additive gene action in inheritance of these characters. Hence, these traits can be taken into consideration for the improvement of castor.

Pages: 179-184  |  1299 Views  312 Downloads

How to cite this article:
Sowmya P, Vanaja M, Sunita V and Raghuram Reddy P. Genetic advance for physiological parameters in two high yielding castor (<em>Ricinus communis </em>L.) genotypes under irrigation and moisture stress. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2019;8(2S):179-184.

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