Combining ability analysis in pigeonpea under different environments
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53550/jfl.v19i2.2224Keywords:
General combining ability, Line x tester analysis, Pigeonpca, Specific combining abilityAbstract
Sixty crosses along with parents (5 lines and 12 testers) were evaluated during kharif 2003 at four locations. The results revealed that non-additive gene action was predominant for all the traits as variances due to specific combining ability (sca) were higher than the general combining ability (gca) variances. The parents ICPL 87119, BDN 2004, AKT 8811, BSMR 736 and BSMR 853 had good general combining ability whereas BDN 2 X BDN 2010, BDN 2 x BSMR 853 and BSMR 736 x AKT 8811 were the best specific cross combinations for grain yield, plant spread, and number of primary and secondary branches/plant and pods/plant.
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