Genetic Variability and Heritability Analysis in Selected Clones of Sugarcane

Thirty five recently developed clones of sugarcane were evaluated in a replicated trial under AICRP (Sugarcane), V.C. Farm Manday, Karnataka to estimate the genetic variability parameters for 14 quantitative characters. Analysis of variance revealed highly significance differences between the clones for all characters studied. High genotypic and phenotypic coefficients of variance were recorded for cane yield, CCS (t/ha) and single sugarcane weight coupled with high genetic advance on the other hand high heritability estimates coupled with high genetic advance as per cent mean were registered by millable cane number indicating the more additive gene action hence the selection for these traits could be effective.