Little Millet (Panicum sumatrense L.) Transcriptome. Little Millet (Panicum sumatrense L.)

Little millet (Panicum sumatrense) is one of the neglected crops which is known for its highnutritional value. The amount of genetic variability present in any population is mostimportant for the success of breeding programme. Greater the variation in the material,better is the chance for selecting promising and desired genotypes. In this context, twentyeight genotypes of little millet were evaluated at Agricultural Research Station,Vizianagaram to assess the genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance for ten yieldcontributing traits. The characters included under study are days to 50 % flowering, days tomaturity, plant height, number of productive tillers per plant, panicle length, number ofleaves per main tiller, leaf length, leaf width, grain yield and fodder yield per plant.Analysis of Variance revealed significant differences for all the traits studied except for leaflength, leaf width and number of leaves per main tiller which were more influenced byenvironment. High phenotypic coefficient of variation was observed for grain yield andstraw yield per plant. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance as percent ofmean was recorded for days to 50 % flowering indicating that it is largely governed byadditive gene action. Grain yield was observed to have significant positive association withdays to 50% flowering, hence an indirect selection for days to 50% flowering will beworthy to select for superior genotypesReference:-N. Anuradha*, P. Kranthi Priya, T.S.S.K. Patro, Y. Sandhya Rani and U. TriveniAcharya NG.Ranga Agricultural University, Agricultural Research Station,Vizianagaram -535 001, A.P., India