SCREENING GENOTYPES BASED ON STABILITY OF PANICLE CHARACTERS IN PEARL MILLET

Abstract

Pearlmillet genotypes did not show stability for grain yield. However, they were stable for some
panicle characters. Correlation of grain yield with panicle number and panicle width was positively
significant. MH 544 showed not only stability of performance for panicle number and panicle width
but also recorded the highest grain yield. Identification of genotypes based on stability of panicle
characters rather than grain yield stability might be more useful for crop improvement in pearlmillet