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ABSTRACT-Genetic variability studied for eleven characters viz., number of leaves, branches, clusters, pods, pod length (cm), seed per plant, plant height (cm), 100 seed weight (g), days to flower, maturity and yield per plant (g) in group of forty two genotypes of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) revealed highly significant difference for all the characters. High heritability not only guideline for breeding improvement must to associated with genetic advance expressed a wide range of variability for all the traits. Heritability estimated and expected genetic advance were high for number of leaves (95.46< 97.00), branches (45.85 > 14.00), clusters (89.45< 92.00), pods (92.84< 99.00), pod length (88.94< 99.00), seeds per plant (92.20> 32.00), plant height (96.41< 106.00), 100 seed weight (99.22> 72.00), days to flower (94.82 > 32.00), maturity (56.26> 13.00) and yield per plant (80.13 < 140.00) suggesting that these are more useful traits for varietal improvement programme.

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