Prachi Mahla, Pratap Bhan Singh, Rajendra Babu Dubey, Devendra Jain, Ram Hari Meena, Girdhari Lal Meena and Deepak Rajpurohit
Abstract
Thirteen sets of parents, along with thirty crosses and two checks, were assessed for their stability and adaptability across three different environments during the Kharif season of 2023. The analysis of variance for stability revealed that the genetic differences were significant for all traits studied. The environmental component also showed significant variation across all traits, while the genotype by environment interaction (G x E) was significant for several traits including plant height, number of pods per plant, dry pod yield per plant, shelling percentage, 100-seed weight, and kernel yield per plant. This indicates that these traits may be unstable and could vary significantly with changes in environmental conditions. Among all the parents, UG-223, GJG-32, and the cross TG-37A x GJG-32 demonstrated stability for kernel yields per plant in favorable environments.