VARIATIONS AND CORRELATIONS FOR SEED AND SEEDLING CHARACTERS IN SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX MERRILL) GERMPLASM

Abstract

The present study was carried out to examine the variability and inter-relationship
for various characteristics recorded on seed and seedlings of soybean germplasm
being conserved in the National Genebank at the National Bureau of Plant
Genetic Resources, New Delhi. The study revealed significant differences between
soybean accessions for seed vaiability parameters namely normal, abnormal
seedling, dead seeds, seedling vigour and such as seed weight, volume and
colour