Asessment of elite Indian wheat genotypes for drought tolerance

DOI: 10.37992/2025.1601.013

  • Divya Ambati,
  • Rahul M Phuke,
  • Jang Bahadur Singh,
  • SV. Sai Prasad and,
  • Sanjay Parihar

Abstract

To understand the plasticity of adaptation to different environmental conditions, eighteen elite wheat genotypes were evaluated for two seasons (2017-18 and 2018-19) under water-stress and controlled environments at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Regional station, Indore, India. Combined analysis of variance for grain yield under both water regimes showed that effects due to the water regimes, environment and genotype all interactions were found to be significant. Genotypes viz., NI 5439, HI 8791and HI 1531 were found to perform stable under both water regimes with high mean yield. Based on PCA biplot and GGE biplot analysis it is evident that genotypes HI 8793, HI 8790 and HI 1619 were the highly adapted, most stable and high yielding genotypes. HI 8791, HI 1531, NI 5439, HI 8793, HI 8790 and HI 1619 were identified to be stable for grain yield and can be utilized further in the breeding program for climate resilient wheat varieties development.

Keywords: Wheat, Drought, GGE biplot, PCA, yield

Published
08-04-2025
How to Cite
Divya Ambati, Rahul M Phuke, Jang Bahadur Singh, SV. Sai Prasad and, Sanjay Parihar

Asessment of elite Indian wheat genotypes for drought tolerance

. 2025. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 16 1, 70-78. Retrieved from https://ejplantbreeding.org/index.php/EJPB/article/view/5166
Issue
Vol 16 No 1 (2025): EJPB
Section
Research Article

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