Information regarding genetic variation for drought attributes, their heritability and genetic advance coupled with association of different component traits among themselves and with grain yield are of immense help to breeder for selection of parents in hybridization programme. Phenotypic variation does not directly indicate its usefulness for selection in order to obtain genetic improvement unless the genetic fraction of variation is known. Therefore, it is important to partition out the genotypic component of total variation to arrive at reliable conclusion about the exploitable (genetic) variability in a set of genotypes. The present investigation was carried out at the Agriculture Research Farm, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi during the kharif-2016 using 20 diverse rice genotypes with the objectives to assess direct selection parameters (variability, heritability and genetic advance). | Studies on genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance for yield and yield components in drought tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L.) landraces
