HETEROSIS AND COMBINING ABILITY STUDIES IN CHILLI (Capsicum annuum L.) USING LINE × TESTER ANALYSIS
Loading...
Date
2020
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding B. A. College of Agriculture Anand Agricultural University Anand –
Abstract
The present investigation entitled “Heterosis and combining ability studies in
chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) using Line × Tester analysis” was undertaken to
generate information on magnitude of heterosis of hybrids over their better parent and
standard check, gene effects of various characters, general combining ability effects
of parents and specific combining ability effects of all hybrids for green fruit yield
and its component characters including its quality trait.
The experimental material comprising of six females including one
cytoplasmic male sterile line were crossed with eight male parents of chilli in Line ×
Tester mating design. The resulting 48 hybrids were grown along with 14 parents and
1 standard check hybrid GAVCH – 1 in randomized complete block design (RBD)
with three replications at Main Vegetable Research Station, Anand Agricultural
University, Anand during kharif-rabi 2019-20. The observations were recorded for
fifteen characters including green fruit yield per plant, its contributing characters and
quality traits.