Abstract
Ten pearl millet genotypes were tested in a randomized complete block design replicated thrice in two seasons to select the most stable high yielding genotypes. Analysis of variance for kharif 2013 revealed significant differences for all the attributes except plant height trait. While during kharif 2014, all the genotypes differed significantly (p≤0.05) for plant height, days to 50% anthesis, grain yield and stalk yield characters. During kharif 2013, genotypes YBS-98 and YBS94 produced maximum grain yield (2868 Kg/ha) followed by genotype YBS-95 of 2836 kg/ha. While minimum grain yield was recorded for genotype YBR-5 (2173 kg/ha). Genotype YBS-95 obtained highest grain yield (3186 kg/ha) during kharif 2014 and GenotypeYBS-98 ranked 2nd (2860kg/ha) among all the genotypes. Minimum and maximum numbers of days to complete 50% anthesis were taken by genotypes YBR-05 and 18-BY respectively, during two years 2013 and 2014. Maximum plant height (302 and 403 cm) was obtained by check variety 18-BY in both season and also topped for stalk yield by producing 58222kg/ha and 52444Kg/ha in kharif 2013 and kharif 2014, respectively.
