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J.Res. <strong>ANGRAU</strong> 41(1) 30-38, 2013<br />

GENETIC VARIABILITY, HERITABILITY AND CHARACTER ASSOCIATION<br />

STUDIES IN SWEET SORGHUM [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]<br />

VEMANNA IRADDI, T. DAYAKAR REDDY, A. V. UMAKANTH, CH. RANI,<br />

D. VISHNU VARDHAN REDDY and M. H. V. BHAVE<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Genetics and Plant Breeding<br />

Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad – 500 030<br />

Date <strong>of</strong> Receipt : 03.11.2012 Date <strong>of</strong> Acceptance : 12.12.2012<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

<strong>The</strong> present investigation on genetic variability, heritability and character association in large F 2<br />

population<br />

<strong>of</strong> sweet sorghum was carried out at Directorate <strong>of</strong> Sorghum <strong>Research</strong>, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. F 1<br />

was generated<br />

during 2010 kharif and second filial generation in the following season. <strong>The</strong> mean and variance in respect <strong>of</strong> 14<br />

quantitative characters in F 2<br />

population indicated wide range <strong>of</strong> variability for most <strong>of</strong> the traits. However, variability<br />

range was low for the traits like nodes per plant, stem girth, brix per cent and total soluble sugars. <strong>The</strong> distribution<br />

pattern <strong>of</strong> this F 2<br />

population revealed complementary interaction in the inheritance <strong>of</strong> days to 50% flowering, days to<br />

maturity, plant height, total biomass, fresh stalk yield, grain yield, brix per cent, juice yield, juice extraction per cent,<br />

total soluble sugars, sugar yield and bioethanol yield, while inheritance <strong>of</strong> nodes per plant and stem girth exhibited<br />

duplicate type <strong>of</strong> epistasis. Most <strong>of</strong> these characters except days to 50% flowering and days to maturity exhibited<br />

high heritability coupled with moderate to high genetic advance as per cent <strong>of</strong> mean indicating predominance <strong>of</strong><br />

additive gene action in their genetic control. Further, correlation studies in F 2<br />

generation revealed significant and<br />

positive correlation <strong>of</strong> fresh stalk yield with total biomass, grain yield, plant height, nodes per plant, stem girth, days<br />

to 50% flowering and days to maturity, while sugar yield with juice yield, fresh stalk yield, total biomass, grain yield,<br />

total soluble sugars, brix per cent, bioethanol yield and juice extraction per cent. <strong>The</strong>se correlated traits can be<br />

effectively utilized in formulating indirect selection schemes. While path analysis studies revealed maximum positive<br />

direct effect <strong>of</strong> total soluble sugars and juice yield on sugar yield.<br />

<strong>The</strong> genetic improvement <strong>of</strong> quantitative<br />

characters in a crop species depends upon heritability<br />

pattern <strong>of</strong> the trait in question, nature and amount <strong>of</strong><br />

variability present in the existing germplasm.<br />

Moreover sweet sorghum is also not an exception.<br />

Knowledge on the genetic advance that is expected<br />

by applying selection pressure to a segregating<br />

population is useful in designing effective breeding<br />

programme. Evaluation <strong>of</strong> these segregating<br />

progenies helps in estimation <strong>of</strong> various genetic and<br />

non-genetic components <strong>of</strong> variance. <strong>The</strong> study <strong>of</strong><br />

variability provides an opportunity for selecting the<br />

desirable genotypes. Heritability is a fraction <strong>of</strong><br />

variance in phenotypic expression that arises from<br />

genetic effects. <strong>The</strong> nature <strong>of</strong> the selection units<br />

and sampling errors also influences greatly the<br />

magnitude <strong>of</strong> heritability. <strong>The</strong> estimates <strong>of</strong> heritability<br />

in segregating generations help to know genetic<br />

variance, genotype - environment interaction and the<br />

progress expected from selection.<br />

<strong>The</strong> fresh stalk yield and sugar yield in sweet<br />

sorghum, as in other crops, is a complex quantitative<br />

character and its expression depends upon its<br />

component characters. <strong>The</strong> knowledge on the<br />

relative contribution <strong>of</strong> different yield components and<br />

their direct and indirect impact towards sugar yield<br />

is <strong>of</strong> immense value in selection <strong>of</strong> superior<br />

genotypes. Keeping the situations present in the<br />

foregoing paragraphs in view, the present investigation<br />

was under taken to study genetic variability,<br />

heritability and character association in sweet<br />

sorghum.<br />

MATERIALS AND METHODS<br />

<strong>The</strong> material for this experiment comprised<br />

<strong>of</strong> F 2<br />

population <strong>of</strong> a cross derived from parents (27<br />

B with SSV 84) having low and high sugar content<br />

developed at Directorate <strong>of</strong> Sorghum <strong>Research</strong>,<br />

Rajendranagar, Hyderabad during kharif 2010. <strong>The</strong><br />

F 1<br />

plants <strong>of</strong> this cross were grown during rabi 2010 -<br />

11 and selfed to produce the F 2<br />

seeds, which were<br />

evaluated during summer 2012. <strong>The</strong> F 2<br />

segregating<br />

generations were grown in plots with twenty rows each<br />

in three separate blocks. <strong>The</strong>se plants were sown in<br />

plots <strong>of</strong> twenty rows spaced 45 cm apart with a plant<br />

spacing <strong>of</strong> 15 cm with 2 - 3 seeds per hill in each row<br />

<strong>of</strong> 4 mt length. Thinning was done to retain one<br />

healthy plant per hill at 15 and 25 days after sowing.<br />

All the recommended package <strong>of</strong> practices was<br />

followed to raise a good and healthy crop.<br />

email: vemanraddi@gmail.com<br />

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