A total of 250 individuals of F2 progeny of a cross combination
VRI-2 × VTH 711/4 made for improving nut size which are 7-8
years old and the clonal plants of 177 germplasm accessions maintained
at NCFGB (National Cashew Field Gene Bank) at Directorate
of Cashew Research, Puttur were used for phenotypic evaluation and genetic analysis. The phenotypic data on various morphophysiological,
fruiting and yield characters of F2 individuals and
germplasmplants were recorded. Their range,mean, standarddeviation
and coefficient of variation were computed to determine
variability and list plants according to phenotypic expression.