GENETIC VARIABILITY, HERITABILITY, EXPECTED GENETIC ADVANCE AND CHARACTER ASSOCIATION IN MUNGBEAN (Vigna radiata L.Wilczek)

Fourty five advance lines including four varieties of mungbean were studied for genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance and character association for seed yield per plant and its component traits. The maximum variability was observed for seed yield per plant followed by pods per plant, 100-seed weight, number of seeds per pod and branches per plant. Heritability estimates were observed to be high for all the traits. High expected genetic advance coupled with high heritability estimates were for seed yield per plant, pods per plant and plant height indicating least influenced by the environmental variation. Seed yield per plant had significant and positive association with pods per plant, plant height, harvest index and seeds per pod.