Vol. 6 (3) : May-June 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (3) : 457-459 ; May-June, 2015
Combining ability analysis for yield and yield contributing characters in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Mill sp.)
A.H. GEDAM1*, A.B. BAGADE2, A.B. JADHAV3 and I.A. MADRAP4
Deptt. of Agril. Botany, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani - 431 402 (M.S.)
Designation : 1P.G. Student *(nanashri@gmail.com), 2Asstt. Professor, 3Research Associate, 4Professor & Head
Subject : Crop Genetics and Plant Breeding
Paper No. : P-2230
Total Pages : 4
Received : 02 July 2014
Revised accepted : 08 April 2015
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Citation :
A.H. GEDAM, A.B. BAGADE, A.B. JADHAV and I.A. MADRAP. 2015. Combining ability analysis for yield and yield contributing characters in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Mill sp.). Green Farming Vol. 6 (3) : 457-459 ; May-June, 2015
ABSTRACT
Combining ability results revealed that there were significant differences among the parents and crosses for all the characters studied. Non-additive gene effects were predominant for all characters, except for days to 50 percent flowering for which additive gene action was predominant. The parents ICPL-3406, ICPL-20106, BSMR-175, BSMR-2, ICPR-2766, ICPR-3477 were the best general combiners for grain yield,whilethe crosses ICPL-20106 x ICPL-3477, ICPL-3450 x AKT-9913, ICPL-3406 x BSMR-203 were the best specific combiners for yield and its components.
Key words :
Combining ability, Gene effects, Line x tester analysis, Morphological & yield traits, Pigeonpea.
