Vol. 8, Special Issue 6, Part E (2024)

Abstract: Forty five genotypes along with ten parents and three checks of Soybean were evaluated for 11 characters in four environments. The analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes for all the characters. Estimates of phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV) were higher than their corresponding genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) for all the characters. High phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV) was found for clusters per plant followed by pods per cluster, plant height, seed yield per plant, pods per plant and biological yield per plant. A combination of high heritability and high genetic advance as percent of mean was noted for plant height, clusters per plant, pods per cluster, pods per plant, biological yield per plant and seed yield per plant which indicated that additive gene action might be operated predominantly in the inheritance of these characters. Thus the results suggested that significant improvement can be made by individual plant selection in early generations.