RESPONSE TO SELECTION FOR PLANT HEIGHT IN X-RAY TREATED POPULATION OF JUTE (CORCHORUS-CAPSULARIS L) CV JRC-212

X irradiation of dry seeds of Corchorus capsularis L. cv. JRC 212 induced variations in plant height as evidenced by the high values of genotypic variance and heritability estimate in M3 generation. Selection on the basis of line mean of plant height in M3 generation was effective in increasing plant height as welll as fibre yield in M3 generation. A higher response for plant height rather than for fibre yield itself was observed in lower irradiation dose while responses for these two traits were almost similar in higher dose. An average of 12% increase in fibre yield was achieved in M6 generation when all top five lines were selected. The top two lines, had 17% and 16% higher fibre yield than that of control.