For the vari etal improvement of soybean in the western hills of Nepal , ten soybean genotypes
(Seed type) were tested in RCBD on the field of RARS, Lumle during 20 11 and 2012.
Genotypes were tested considering different parameters; days to fl owering, pl ant height, no.
of branches per plant, no of pod per plant, no ofunfilled pod per plant and seed yield. Data of
d iffe rent parameters were ana lyzed separately and combined over years fo r all the treatments.
Highly sign ificant differences were observed fo r grain y ield, days to flowering and plant
height between genotypes. However, year by variety interaction was non -s ignificant for seed
yield. Among the tested genotypes, Chaing Maw 60-63 performed better at this location:
highest yielder (1889.9 kg/ha), early flowering (78 days) medium no of pod per plant (56) and
less no of unfi lled pod ( 11) in comparison with other genotypes. Genotypes CM 9 133 (seed
y ield 1707.9 kg/ha), CN 60 (seed yie ld 1629.9 kg/ha) and CM 9106 (seed yield 1519 kg/ha)
were also found better fo llowing Chaing Maw 60-63. It was observed that these promising
genotypes can perform better in the western hills of Nepal and shou ld bring to the fam1ers '
field tri al.

For the vari etal improvement of soybean in the western hills of Nepal , ten soybean genotypes
(Seed type) were tested in RCBD on the field of RARS, Lumle during 20 11 and 2012.
Genotypes were tested considering different parameters; days to fl owering, pl ant height, no.
of branches per plant, no of pod per plant, no ofunfilled pod per plant and seed yield. Data of
d iffe rent parameters were ana lyzed separately and combined over years fo r all the treatments.
Highly sign ificant differences were observed fo r grain y ield, days to flowering and plant
height between genotypes. However, year by variety interaction was non -s ignificant for seed
yield. Among the tested genotypes, Chaing Maw 60-63 performed better at this location:
highest yielder (1889.9 kg/ha), early flowering (78 days) medium no of pod per plant (56) and
less no of unfi lled pod ( 11) in comparison with other genotypes. Genotypes CM 9 133 (seed
y ield 1707.9 kg/ha), CN 60 (seed yie ld 1629.9 kg/ha) and CM 9106 (seed yield 1519 kg/ha)
were also found better fo llowing Chaing Maw 60-63. It was observed that these promising
genotypes can perform better in the western hills of Nepal and shou ld bring to the fam1ers '
field tri al.