Vol. 6 (5) : September-October 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (5) : 956-960 (September-October, 2015)
Genetics of quantitative traits in sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.)
H.K. JOSHIa1*, S.R. PATELb2, A.R. PATHAKa3 and R.K. PATELa4
aDeptt. of Genetics & Plant Breeding, N.M. College of Agric., Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari - 396 450 (Gujarat), bDepartment of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, (NAU) Bharuch - 392 012 (Gujarat)
Designation : 1,3Ph.D Scholar *(haimiljoshi@gmail.com), 2Associate Professor, 4Assistant Professor,
Subject : Crop Genetics and Plant Breeding
Paper No. : P-3001
Total Pages : 6
Received : 12 November 2014
Revised accepted : 31 August 2015
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Citation :
H.K. JOSHI, S.R. PATEL, A.R. PATHAK and R.K. PATEL. 2015. Genetics of quantitative traits in sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.). Green Farming Vol. 6 (5) : 956-960 ; September-October, 2015
ABSTRACT
Combining ability for eleven characters was studied in sesamum using 10 lines viz., ES-246, AT-24, SPS-19, BAVJ-1, TNAU-2, Kalyanpur-2, Mota Liliya-1, Ingorola-7, SI-968 and Timbi-3 as females and 4 testers RT-125, Guj.Til-1, Guj.Til-2 and Guj.Til-10 as males crossed in line x tester mating design. Variances due to lines were significant for plant height, number of effective branches per plant, number of capsules per plant, number of seeds per capsule, yield per plant, harvest index and oil content, whereas variance due to testers were observed non-significant for all the characters. The female x male interactions were highly significant for all the characters. Combining ability analysis revealed predominance of non- additive gene action for all the characters viz., days to 50 per cent flowering, plant height, number of effective branches per plant, number of capsules per plant, capsule length, days to maturity, number of seeds per capsule, 1000-seed weight, yield per plant, harvest index and oil content which can be improved by bi-parental mating or reciprocal recurrent selection. The female parents ES-246, BAVJ-1, Kalyanpur-2, Ingorola-7 and male parent Guj.Til-1 were found as the good general combiners for seed yield per plant. The cross combinations Timbi-3 x Guj.Til-10, TNAU-2 x Guj.Til-2 and SI-968 x Guj.Til-2 showed high per se performance and significant sca effects for yield per plant, such crosses would be exploited for future use.
Key words :
General combining ability, Line x tester, Quantitative traits, Specific combining ability, Sesamum.