Vol. 2 (2) : March-April 2011 issue
Green Farming Vol. 2 (2) : 131-134 (March-April, 2011) (New Series)
Line x tester analysis in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
M.A. JADHAV1, P.B. WADIKAR2*, A.A.CHAVAN3 and M.V. DHUPPE4
Department of Agricultural Botany, College of Agriculture, Latur - 413 512 (Maharashtra)
Designation : 1P.G. Student, 2,4Assistant Professor (Agril. Botany), 3Professor & Head (Agril. Botany) *Correspondence
Subject : Crop Genetics and Plant Breeding
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M.A. JADHAV, P.B. WADIKAR, A.A. CHAVAN and M.V. DHUPPE. 2011. Line x tester analysis in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum). Green Farming Vol. 2 (2) : 131-134 (March-April, 2011) (New Series)
ABSTRACT
An experiment was conducted to estimate the combining ability of 05 male sterile lines and 10 testers by using line x tester design. Result of analysis of variance for means revealed significant differences for all the eleven characters. Close agreement between GCA and per se performance of parents was observed for most of the characters studied. Combinations having high per se performance also had high SCA effects and involved at least one good general combining parent. Among females MS 88004 A was the best general combiner for grain yield and 3 other characters. Among restorers IC 301 was the best general combiner for grain yield, days to 50 per cent flowering and number of effective tillers per plant. The combination MS 88004 A x R 451-1 was the best specific combination for grain yield per plant whereas the combination MS 98222 A x ABI 117 was the best specific combination for fodder yield per plant, plant height, total number of tillers per plant and ear head girth.
Key words :
Combining ability, Line x tester, pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum.
