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Vol. 9 (2) : March-April 2018 issue
Green Farming Vol. 9 (2) : 218-223 ; March-April, 2018
Genetic variability, character association, path coefficient in forage sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]
H.I. DAMORa1*,  H.P. PARMARb2,  D.P. GOHILc3  and  A.A. PATELa4
aDepartment of Genetics & Plant Breeding, B.A. College of Agriculture, bMain Forage Research Station,
cMain Vegetable Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand - 388 110 (Gujarat)
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1,4P.G. Student *(damorhiteksha@gmail.com),  2Research Scientist,  
3Associate Res. Scientist
Subject : Crop Genetics and Plant Breeding
Paper No. : P-7159
Total Pages : 6
Received : 30 January 2018
Revised accepted : 21 March 2018
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H.I. DAMOR, H.P. PARMAR, D.P. GOHIL and A.A. PATEL. 2018. Genetic variability, character association, path coefficient in forage sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]. Green Farming  Vol. 9 (2) : 218-223  ;  March-April, 2018

ABSTRACT
The present study was carried to investigate the magnitude of variability parameter, character association and path coefficient in different 60 genotypes of forage sorghum. The analysis of variance in this study revealed highly significant differences among all genotypes were observed for all yield and qualitative traits except leaf: stem ratio and stem thickness which indicated the presence of sufficient variability in the experimental material. The values PCV were higher than GCV for all the character which indicated that the apparent variation is not only due to genotypes alone but also due to the influence of environment on the expression of these traits. In the present investigation, high heritability accompanied with high genetic advance over mean was observed for the characters viz., HCN content, dry matter content, stem thickness, number of tillers, dry matter yield per plant, days to 50% flowering, green forage yield per plant, crude protein content and leaf: stem ratio, revealed the influence of additive gene effects and provide scope for selection. At genotypic and phenotypic level, number of leaves, plant height at 50% flowering, dry matter yield per plant, crude protein yield per plant, leaf width, leaf length and number of tillers per plant had positive and high significant correlation with green forage yield per plant. While, HCN content showed negative significant correlation at phenotypic level. The result of path analysis expressed that the crude protein yield per plant has the highest direct effect on green forage yield per plant followed by low and negligible direct effects of days to 50% flowering, leaf length, leaf stem ratio, stem thickness, number of tillers and number of leaves per plant.
Key words :
Character association, Forage sorghum, GCV, Path coefficient, PCV, Variability parameter.