ISSN 2756-3790
International Journal of Horticulture and Floriculture ISSN 2167-0455 Vol. 3 (3), pp. 168-178, October, 2015. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
A study of stability evaluation of components characters in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp)
Urabi Badawi1, Hussein Tantawi1, Abdel Kamal1 and Hassan Ali2
1Department of Crop Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
2Department of Soil, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 05 August, 2015
Abstract
Stability of yield and its attributes were assessed for nineteen genotypes over twelve environments (two seasons 2009 and 2010 × six planting dates), to determine the quantitative responses of cowpea genotypes. The interaction between genotypes and environments (G×E) were significant for all the characters studied characters except pod length, hundred seed weight and weight of pods per plant. The longest pods and heaviest hundred seeds weight were produced by genotype TVU 21, IT82C-116, providing the highest number of seeds per plant. Whereas, Sudany genotypes gave the highest number of pods per plant and heaviest seeds per plant, Blackeye Crowder genotypes had the heaviest pods per plant and total dry seed yield. The best season and planting date are fall season, third planting date (August, 15th) for most studied traits. The stable genotypes were Chinese Red, IT81D1064, IT85F2205 and Sudany for total dry seed yield.
Key words: Sowing dates, stability parameters, genotype × environment, selection, grain yield.