Vol. 10, Issue 1 (2021)

Author(s):
GM Malve, VS Jagtap and PA Kate

Abstract:
Studies on combining ability revealed that, the parent Phule Green Gold (P₁) was found good combiners and have high SCA effects for most of the characters. The four crosses viz., P₁ x P₂ (Phule Green Gold x Preethi), P₂ X P₅ (Preethi x DVBTG-7), P₁x P₃ (Phule Green Gold x Arka harit) and P₆ x P₇ (Hirkani x Konkan Tara) have recorded high positive SCA effect as well as high mean performance for most of the characters. Significant GCA and positive Significant SCA variances were observed for almost all the characters and the magnitude of GCA variances were lower than SCA variances for all the characters indicated preponderance of non-additive gene action.