Evaluation of foxtail millet setaria italica genotypes for grain yield and biophysical traits

Seventy five foxtail millet genotypes were evaluate d for yield and its attributing traits during rainy and summer seasons of 2014. All the genotypes displayed considerable amount of differences in their mean performance with respect to all the characters. The analysis of variance revealed the presence of highly significant differences in germplasm collections for all the characters under study for indicating presence of genetic variability for most of the traits. The grain yield per plot in summer season was higher than the rainy season. In rainy season among the 75 genotypes 20 of them have recorded the higher grain yield per plant than best check Sia 326 of which DHF 1 has recorded highest grain yield of 48 g followed by DHF 16 (43 g) Ise 900 (43 g). In summer season genotypes DHF 26 (148g) followed by DHF 27 (143 g) and DHF 13 (142 g) recorded the highest grain yield per plant when compared to the high yielding check HMT 100-1.