Genetic Analysis for Pod Yield in Cowpea [Vigna Unguiculata (L.) Walp]

The present investigations were carried out to know the extent of standard heterosis in cowpeas [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.].Thirty hybrids were developed by using six parents, namely, NCK-15-9, NCK-15-10, adopting full diallel mating design.A set of thirty eight cowpea entries including six parents, thirty crosses and two check varieties, GC-3 and GDVC-2 were evaluated at three locations viz.Navsari, Mangrol and Achhalia used a randomized block design with three replications during Kharif-2017.The observations were recorded on parents and F 1 's for twelve quantitative traits and one quality trait viz., days to 50 per cent flowering, plant height (cm), primary branches per plant, pods per plant, pod length (cm), days to maturity, seeds per pod, green seed wt.(g), green pod yield per plant(g) and protein content (per cent).The cross NC-15-45 × NCK-15-10, NC-15-45 × NC-15-41 and NCK-15-10 × NC-15-45 recorded high heterotic values for green pod yield per plant along with high per se performance.