ESTIMATION OF VARIOUS PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC VARIABLES IN SOME CLONES OF POPULUS DELTOIDES IN ALLUVIAL SOIL

Forty clones of Populus deltoides were grown in the new alluvial soil of Kalyani, West Bengal, India to assess the phenotypic variability with genotypic co-efficient of variation(GCV), phenotypic co-efficient of variation(PCV) and environmental co-efficient of variation(ECV) in respect of nine characters. The heritability (in broad sense) and genetic advance were also estimated. It revealed that a further scope of selection of genotypes is possible in such agroclimatic area. Such further studies may enhance the possibility of selection and growing best genotype.