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Abstract
The present study was conducted with twenty bread wheat genotypes at the experimental field of Bangladesh
Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, during the period from November 2008 to March 2009 to assess
performance of the genotypes, variability, heritability and genetic advance among yield and important yield
contributing characters. Considering yield per plant the genotype Peacock was the best followed by BAW-1008,
Pavon-76, Mayoor, Bulbul and BAW-1004. BAW-1008 was the early maturing genotype followed by Mayoor, BAW-
861, BAW-1004 and Balaka. BAW-970, Akbar, BAW-1004, Pavon-76, BAW-861 and BAW-1006 were semi dwarf in
plant height as such they were of desired type. TP-1 and Mayoor were superior for effective tillers per plant. BAW-
1004 was the best genotype for spike length and grains per spike. For 100-grain weight Bulbul, for harvest index
BAW-1006 was the best. Days to 90% maturity, plant height, grains per spike, 100-grain weight and harvest index
exhibited high heritability. Among them grains per spike, 100-grain weight and harvest index showed high genetic
advance in percentage of mean.