Evaluation of Genotypes for Yield and it’s Contributing Traits in Garden Pea (Pisum sativum L.)

The experiment was conducted to find out the diversity 44 diverse genotypes during year 2019-20 for quantitative and qualitative traits. Wide range of variations was observed among the studied traits viz., days to 50 per cent flowering, primary branches per plant, node to first flower appears, node to first pod appears, length of pod (cm), pod diameter (cm), number of seed per pod, number of pod per plant, number of pod per 250g, number of seed per 250g, weight of seed per 250g, shelling(%), T.S.S.(0B), pod yield per plant and two visual observation were pod shape and pod colour were recorded. Perusal of per se performance of the genotypes for all the traits studied revealed a wide range of mean values which indicated that the genotypes involved in this study were genetically diverse and have good breeding value, which confirmed the predictions of analysis of variance. Out of 44 genotypes, eighteen genotypes produced significantly higher yield than best check PC-521.