Early Generation Selection in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) Edakkalathur Asish I.1,*, Uma M.S.2,**, Erayya3,***, Gangadhara K.4,**** 1Kerala Agricultural University 2Dept of GPB, VC Farm, Mandya 3Bihar Agril. University Bhagalpur 4NRC Groundnut, Junagar *Email: asiagri@gmail.com
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Online published on 15 December, 2016. Abstract Effectiveness of early generation selection in self pollinated crops like cowpea rely on prevalence of additive gene action which can be estimated through the measures of heritability, genetic advance, skewness and kurtosis. Considering these estimates, multi-trait selection was adopted in the F2 generation of C-152 X IC 68786. Traits used for multi-trait selection were grain yield per plant, number of pods per plant and test weight. Superior segregants were selected for further evaluation. Top Keywords Vigna unguiculata L. Walp, heritability, genetic advance, skewness, kurtosis, multi-trait selection. Top |