Vol. 6 (5) : September-October 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (5) : 988-990 ; September-October, 2015
Combining ability analysis in bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.] for earliness and fruit yield
ANUPAM ADARSHa1*, RANDHIR KUMARa2, A. KUMARa3, J. CHAURASIYAa4, H.K. SINGHa5 and CHANDAN ROYb6
aDepartment of Horticulture (Vegetable & Floriculture), bDepartment of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur - 813 210 (Bihar)
Designation : 1,3,4Ph.D. Scholar *(anupamadarsh111@gmail.com), 2Assoc. Professor-cum-Sr. Scientist, 5SMS
Subject : Vegetable Sciences
Paper No. : P-3123
Total Pages : 3
Received : 05 January 2015
Revised accepted : 23 June 2015
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Citation :
ANUPAM ADARSH, RANDHIR KUMAR, A. KUMAR, J. CHAURASIYA, H.K. SINGH and CHANDAN ROY. 2015. Combining ability analysis in bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.] for earliness and fruit yield. Green Farming Vol. 6 (5) : 988-990 ; September-October, 2015
ABSTRACT
The present experiment was carried out during kharif season 2013-2014 at vegetable research farm of Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour to estimate general and specific combining ability for earliness and yield of bottle gourd in half diallel mating design consisting of 9 parents and their 36 F1 hybrids for ten characters. Analysis of variance for combining ability was found significant for all the character under study. Combining ability helps in selection of best parents for hybridization for exploitation of heterosis. Pusa Naveen was considered to be good general combiner for earliness, vine girth, no. of fruit/plants and fruit yield/plant, while Pusa Naveen X SBBG-31-1 was considered to be good specific combiner for earliness and fruit yield/plant.
Key words :
Bottle gourd, Combining ability, Diallel mating, Earliness, Growth & yield characters.
