| Summary: | Genetic variability analysis and heritability of different yield contributing characters were studied in 26 genotypes ofmulberry. Variance analysis for characters revealed significant differences among the accessions. Phenotypic coefficient ofvariation (PCV %) was found higher than the genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV %) for all the characters studied.High genetic advance coupled with heritability was observed in the characters namely, number of branches per plant, leafyield per plant, leaf-shoot ratio, hundred leaf weight and total shoot length. Significant positive correlations to leafyield/plant were observed for the characters, number of branches/plant (0.835**), longest shoot length (0.823**) and totalshoot length (0.707**). Leaf yield/plant is an important agronomic character induced by many associated traits and hencecharacters like number of branches/plant, longest shoot length and total shoot length should be considered crucial parametersfor selection in mulberry breeding programme.
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