Studies on Variability of Pod and Seed Traits in <I>Albizia Chinensis</I>

Abstract

Studies on variability of pod and seed characters of Albizia chinensis were conducted through the estimates of range, mean, phenotypic and genotypic coefficients of variation, heritability and genetic advance as percent of mean. Significant variations in pod length,breadth,thickness and seed weight were found. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance was observed for pod breadth, pod thickness, pod weight and seed weight/pod. High positive values of genotypic correlation coefficient between pod and seed characters reveal that the traits are genetically controlled and selection can be very effective in tree improvement programme.