Genetic Parameters and Stability Analysis in French Bean

The present investigation on “Studies on genetic parameters and stability analysis in French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)” was carried out with 20 genotypes grown under three environments viz. E-I (80 kg N/ha), E-II (120 kg N/ha) and E-III (160 kg N/ha). The experiment was carried out during rabi 2002-03 and 2003-04 at Agricultural Research Farm, R.B.S. College, Bichpuri, Agra, in split plot design with three replications, in each environment. Observations were recorded on 5 randomly selected plants for 10 characters viz., days to 50% flowering, plant height, number of branches/plant, number of pods/plant, pod diameter, pod length, number of seeds/pod, 10-pod weight, green pod yield/plant and green pod yield/plot. Mean data were subjected to various statistical analysis. Stability analysis by Eberhart and Russell (1966) and the selection parameters by standard procedure were used for computation.