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Item Inheritance of Nut Production in Coconut(2007-02) Nambiar, M.C.; Jacob Mathew; Sumangala Kutty, S.Heritability values based on parent-progeny regression for ten characters ■ influencing the final yield of coconuts, viz., number of bunches emerged, number of spikes and female flowers produced, distribution of female flowers in spikes and number and percentage of female flowers set, have been estimated. Low heritability for number of bunches emerged, total number of spikes and spikes with one female flower and high heritability for the rest of the characters appear to be responsible for inconsistent results. Selection for large number of spikes with one or two female flowers will help in reducing the instability in yield. Since there is considerable genetic variation available for selection in the West Coast Tall, selection for stability of the above characters with low heritability, superimposed on selection for high set can help in the improvement of yield by mass selection within this variety.