Variation and heritability of sixteen characters in West Africa okra, Abelmoschus caillei (A. chev) Stevels
C.O. Alake
alakeolusanya@yahoo.comDepartment of Plant Breeding and Seed Technology, University of Agriculture, P.M.B 2240. Abeokuta,Ogun State, Nigeria (Nigeria)
Abstract
Genotypic and phenotypic variances, genotypic and phenotypic coefficients of variation, heritability and genetic advance were estimated for 16 agronomical characters in West African okra for two seasons, using 25 West African okra lines of diverse origin. Considerable differences were observed for some characters in the two seasons. Number of days to flowering, number of leaves at flowering, plant height at flowering and number of pods at branches showed seasonal differences. The estimates of genotypic coefficients of variation (gcv) in the two seasons were close in many cases. The gcv values ranged from 1.41 for number of days to flowering in the early season to 68.63 for number of branches per plant in the late season planting. Heritability estimates ranged from 5.02% for number of leaves at flowering in the early season to 99.54% for weight of matured pod during the early season. This study highlighted the significance of genotype-environment interaction in the breeding programmes of West African okra. The relatively large genotypic coefficient of variation, heritability estimates and genetic advance for number of pods at stem, number of pods per plant, number of branches per plant, weight of matured pods and seed yield per plant, were indicative of likely effectiveness of selection for such characters.
Keywords:
West African okra, heritability, Genetic variability, Cultivars, SeasonsReferences
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C.O. Alakealakeolusanya@yahoo.com
Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Technology, University of Agriculture, P.M.B 2240. Abeokuta,Ogun State, Nigeria Nigeria
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