Abstract
A research experiment was conducted to investigate the variability and heritability in F2 population of spring wheat at the experimental field of Sothern Wheat Research Station, Tandojam during 2014- 15.The experimental material consisted of 8F2 hybrid viz: Sassui x Anmol-91, WL-711 x Anmol-91, Sassui x Johar, Abadgar x SKD-1, Sassui x Abadgar-93, Marvi x Noori, Moomal- 2002 x Anmol-91, Marvi x Sassui and their parents were sown in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with 3 replications. Genotype were highly significant at 0.01 level of probability for days to 75 % heading, days to 75% maturity, plant height, spike length and spikelets spike-1. The highest heritability (95.39%) regarding spike length was displayed by cross WL-711 x Anmol-91. Spike length is the main contributors to the grain yield and may be kept as selection criteria for developing high yielding varieties. The F2 population Sassui x Anmol-91 and WL-711 x Anmol-91 could be selected for higher yield in advanced generations.

Z.A Soomro, Asghar, K, S.N. Mari, T.A. Baloch, A.A. Rajper, F. Asghar. (2016) GENETIC VARIABILITY AND HERITABILITY STUDIES IN F2 POPULATION OF SPRING WHEAT, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Volume 4, Issue 4.
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