Phenotypic stability for seed yield and yield components in Sesamum

The present investigation was carried out to study the variability, heritability, genetic advance as per cent of mean, character association, path coefficient analysis and stability analyses among 10 sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.) genotypes in 6 environments resulting from six sowing dates. The data were recorded on 9 quantitative characters (Plant height, days to 50% flowering, number of primaries, number of secondaries, number of capsules per plant, number of seeds per capsule, 1000 seed weight, oil content and seed yield per plant). The analysis of variance indicated significant differences among the genotypes for all characters in all six environments studied.