Unraveling the Growth and Yield Characteristics in Various Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) Genotypes

The current study was carried out at the experimental field located within the Vegetable Research Centre, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar during the winter (rabi) season of 2020-21. The research employed a Randomized Block Design, comprising twenty different genotypes with three replications. Analysis of variance indicated highly signif icant variations between genotypes for all the studied characters. Number of fruit/umbellate and number of umbels/plants showed high PCV and GCV values. High heritability was found in plant height up to main umbel followed by plant height up to top of the plant, 1000-seed weight and high genetic advance as percent over mean was recorded for number of fruit /umbellate, number of fruit/plants, 1000-seed weight. Seed yield/plot exhibited a highly signif icant and positive correlation with number of basal leaves, number of days to stem initiation and number of days to first flowering. The higher magnitude of positive direct effect on seed yield/plot was noticed for plant height up to top of the plant followed by number of primary branches/plant and number of umbel/plants.