The experiment was carried out during Kharif, 2016-2017 with forty nine genotypes of rice under two soil condition viz. salinity and normal. Analysis of variance revealed highly significant differences among the genotypes for all the characters under both the conditions. The high estimates of phenotypic and genotypic coefficient of variation under salinity condition were estimated for panicle bearing tillers per plant and grain yield per plant while under normal condition for biological yield per plant, harvest-index, spikelet fertility, days to 50% flowering, plant height, grains per panicle and spikelets per panicle. The characters in salinity condition viz., grain yield per plant, spikelets per panicle, flag leaf area, biological yield per plant, plant height and L:B ratio and in normal condition spikelet fertility, days to 50% flowering, plant height, grains per panicle, spikelets per panicle exhibited high heritability estimates coupled with high genetic advance as per cent of mean. | Genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance for yield and its contributing traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.) under salinity and normal condition
