International E-publication: Publish Projects, Dissertation, Theses, Books, Souvenir, Conference Proceeding with ISBN.  International E-Bulletin: Information/News regarding: Academics and Research

Genetic Variability and Association Studies among Morphological traits of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit. Genetic Resources

Author Affiliations

  • 1National Research Centre for Agroforestry, Jhansi-284003, UP, INDIA
  • 2Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettpalayam-641301, TN, INDIA

Res. J. Agriculture & Forestry Sci., Volume 1, Issue (8), Pages 23-29, September,8 (2013)

Abstract

Experiment were undertaken to determine variability and correlation among the fifteen Leucaena leucocephala genetic resources from the three states of India viz., Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. The observations were recorded on plant height, basal diameter, number of branches and volume index. The fifteen genotypes differed significantly for all the studied traits. The genotypes viz., FCRILL 8 and FCRILL 15 recorded significantly higher plant height, basal diameter and volume index than the rest of the genotypes. The volume index recorded maximum PCV (37.18) and GCV (28.89) and high heritability value of 0.60. The genetic advance as per cent of mean of volume index was 46.23 which were highest among all traits. Volume index exhibited positive and significant phenotypic and genotypic association with plant height (0.76), basal diameter (0.97). Basal diameter exhibited significant phenotypic (0.61) and genotypic (0.77) inter-correlation with plant height. Plant height had positive and non-significant phenotypic (0.02) and genotypic (0.16) inter-association with number of branches. The path analysis study indicated that plant height and basal diameter had direct effect on volume index.

References

  1. Devaranavadgi S.B., Murthy B.G., Desai S.A. andYelashetty S., Preliminary evaluation of subabul genotypesfor psylid tolerance, Cur. Res., 25, 64-65 (1996)
  2. Devaranavadgi S.B., Guggari A.K., Kalaghatagi S.B., WaliS.Y. and Nadagoudar S.B., Suitable Leucaena genotypesfor shallow black soils of northern dry zone of Karnataka, Annals of Arid Zone, 38(1), 45-48 (1999)
  3. Pathak P.S and Patil B.D., Leucaena Research at theIGFRI. In: Leucaena research in the Asian – PacificRegion. Proc. Workshop, Singapore, Nov. 23-26, NFTA &IDRC (1982)
  4. Safavi S.M., Farshadfar M.D., Kahrizi and Safavi S.A., Genetic variability of some morphological traits in PoplarClones, American Journal of Scientific Research, 13, 113-117 (2011)
  5. Wright S. Correlation and causation, J. Agric. Res., 20,557-585 (1921)
  6. Lewis A., Pande K.K., Salil K. Tewari, Gahalain S.S. andPankaj Sah, Genetic Variability for different traits in theIndian Bamboo, New York, Science Journal, 3(6), 27-31(2010)
  7. Chaturvedi O.P. and Pandey N., Correlation and PathAnalysis Studies between Biomass and Other Characters inBombax ceiba L., Silvae Genetica, 53(5–6), 269-271(2005)
  8. Burley J. and Wood P.J., A manual on species andprovenance research with particular reference to thetropics, Tropical Forestry Papers, 10, 34-61 (1978)
  9. Singh R.B. and Gupta M.P., Multivariate analysis ofdivergence in upland cotton, Indian Journal of Genetics,28, 151-157 (1968)
  10. Ashok Kumar and Paramathma M., Correlation and pathcoefficient studies in Casuarina equisetifolia L, Johnson,Indian Forester, 131(1), 47-55 (2005)
  11. Dhillon R.S., Bisla S.S., Arya S. and Hooda M.S., Geneticvariation, heritability and correlations for growthparameters in Azadirachta indica, A. Juss, Ann. For.,11(2), 215-221 (2003)
  12. Kumaran K., Nesamani K. and Govinda Rao M., Correlationand Path coefficient studies in Simaruba glauca DC. IndianForester, 2, 322-330 (2010)
  13. Johnson H.W., Robinson H.F. and Comstock R.E., Genotypic and Phenotypic correlations on soyabean andtheir implications in selection, Agron. J., 47, 477-483(1955)
  14. Nya E.J. and Eka M.J., Genetic variability and heritabilitystudies of desirable metric characters in Talinumtriangulare land races in South Eastern Nigeria, J. Agron.,6, 459-463 (2007)
  15. Panse V.G. and Sukhatme P.V., Statistical methods forAgricultural workers, ICAR Publication, New Delhi, 337(1978)
  16. Lush K.I., Intrasite correlation and regression of spring ondams as a method of establishing heritability of characters,Proc. Amer. Soc. Animal Production, 33, 293-301 (1940)
  17. Goulden C.H., Some distance properties of latent root andvector methods used in multivariate analysis, Biometrika,53, 325-338 (1952)
  18. Dewey R.D. and Lu K.H., A correlation and path analysiscomponents of crested wheat grass seed production,Agron. Journal, 51, 515-518 (1959)
  19. Padmini S. and Banerjee A.C., Provenance trails of Acacianilotica, J. Tree Sci., 5, 53-56 (1986)
  20. Lahiri A.K., Trials of Cordia alliodora provenances inNorth Bengal, Indian Forester, 114, 51-53 (1988)
  21. Tewari S.K., Kohli R.K., Arya K.S. and Atal, Diagnosticsurvey of Shisham, In proceedings, IUFRO-DNAESInternational Meeting: Resource Inventory Techniques toSupport Agroforestry and Environment, 53-55 (1996)
  22. Sumathi P., Sumanth M., and Veerabadhiran P., Geneticvariability for different biometrical traits in pearl milletgenotypes (Pennisetum glaucum L. R. BR.), ElectronicJournal of Plant Breeding, 1(4), 437-440 (2010)
  23. Ginwal H.S. and Mandal A.K., Variation in growthperformance of Acacia nilotica Willd. ex Del, Provenancesof wide geographical origin : Six Year results, SilvaeGenetica, 53, 5–6 (2004)
  24. Dogra A.S., Nautiyal S., Nautiyal D.P. and Singh G., Evaluation of field performance of 34 progenies ofDalbergia sissoo in Punjab, Ann. For., 13(2), 199-204(2005)
  25. Kumar P., Parthiban K.T., and Sarvanan V., GeneticVariations among Open Pollinated Families of SelectedBetter Trees in Melia Dubia, Research Journal of RecentSciences, 2(ISCA-2012), 189-194 (2013)
  26. Rao G.R., Shankar A.K., Srinivas I., Korwar S.R. andVenketesh V., Diversity and variability in seed charactersand growth of Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre accessions, Trees, 25, 725–734 (2011)
  27. Ramachandra N.G., Provenance variation in seed andseedling parameters in Acacia catechu.Willd. Ph.D.Thesis, FRI Deemed University, Dehra Dun (1996)
  28. Devagiri G.M., Evaluation of seed source variation in seedand seedling traits in Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. Ph.d. Thesis, Forest Research Institute University, Dehra Dun, India(1997)
  29. Thakar I.K., Seed source evaluation for growth andnutrient parameters of Bauhinia variegate, Indian J. ofagroforestry, 12(2), 96-100 (2010)
  30. Pandey Pandey V., Tripathi S. and Tewari S.K., Pathanalysis in Populus deltoides Bart. 8 year age, IndianForester, 123(8), 755-758 (1997)
  31. Srivastava D.P., Srivastav P.K., A.K. Goel and ThangaveluK., Correlation and path coefficient studies in Terminaliaarjuna, Ann. For., (1), 178-181(1993)