Genetic Variability Studies for Yield and Its Attributing Traits in Niger (Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass)

The experiment was conducted during Kharif 2020 and 2021 at Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. A total of 103 accessions including 03 checks were assessed observations recorded for ten traits viz., days to flower initiation, 50 % flowering, maturity, plant height (cm), number primary branches per plant, secondary capitula seeds capitula, 1000 seed weight (g) yield (g). REML analysis discovered significant differences among the all traits. It indicates a satisfactory amount genetic variability yield-attributing Values phenotypic coefficients variation higher than value genotypic in this study. High heritability noted under experiment. Genetic advance as percentage mean high followed by 1000-seed whereas, trait 50% initiation maturity exhibited low magnitude. These results indicate dominance additive gene effect, which will aid selection an early segregating generation.