Heritability estimates and relationships of certain characteristics in potatoes

Heritability estimates and relationships of certain characteristics in potatoes

Broad sense heritabilities and linear correlations for 10 characteristics of 20 potato genotypes were estimated based on 2 locations and 2 years. Plant height gave the highest and plant yield gay©,the lowest heritability estimates. Except for dry matter content all the traits studied seemw^p.tie affected by the genotype x environment interaction. Therefore, the testing of genoj^pe x environment interaction should be carried out at multiple locations in multiple years. There was a positive correlation of plant yield with plant height , number of main stems, number of tubers and avarege tuber weight. A positive correlation between dry matter and starch; negative correlation between dry matter and reducing sugar contents were also estimated.

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