is study aimed to evaluate genotypic variability in twenty fluted pumpkin (Telfairia occidentalis) accessions for nutrient composition and anti-nutrient contents. The trials were in Teaching and Research Fields of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State and Akwa Ibom State University, Obio Akpa Campus, Akwa Ibom State, laid in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Analysis of variance was used to partition the variability into the components due to genetic and non-environmental factors, genetic(GCV), phenotypic (PCV) and environmental (ECV) components of variation, estimates of broad sense heritability(h2Bs) and Genetic advance(GA). High range of variability and high genetic variance were observed for all the traits in both locations. Close differences between genotypic and phenotypic variances and genotypic, phenotypic and environmental coefficient of variations were observed for all the traits. The lower variances observed indicates that the genotypic component was the major contributor to the total variances for the characters in both locations. In Obio Akpa moderate broad sense heritability and genetic advance was observed which indicated the influence of environmental variance is more than genetic variance. Based on the parameters observed, considerable selection program for the improvement of these traits is possible in Telfairia occidentalis.
Nutrients, Anti- nutrients, genotypic variance, heritability, genetic advance, genotypic, phenotypic and environmental coefficient of variation, Telfairia occidentalis
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