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Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2023)

Breeding for qualitative fodder parameters in mulberry (Morus alba L.)

Author(s):
Anmol Negi, Sanjeev Thakur, Suman Kumar Jha, Suraj Goswami, Ajay, Riya Thakur, Ghanshyam Singh and Vipul Sharma
Abstract:
Mulberry is cultivated for its leaves to rear mulberry silkworms and silk productivity determines the profitability in sericulture. In the present study, twenty crosses were generated by crossing five females with four male parents in Line X tester mating design. Segregating hybrid progenies of twenty crosses were evaluated for leaf yield and fodder components for understanding combining ability and gene action in mulberry. The GCA and SCA effects were highly significant for all the traits studied indicating the importance of additive and non-additive genetic components. The ratio of GCA and SCA variance was less than unity indicating preponderance of non-additive genetic variance and suggests the good prospects of exploiting variation through heterosis breeding. S41, Phillipines, K2M5 among females and among males S1307 and China White were identified as good general combiners and can be utilized for generating desirable recombinants for further selection. These progenies need to be evaluated further following systematic procedures laid down for mulberry for identify promising high yielding varieties.
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How to cite this article:
Anmol Negi, Sanjeev Thakur, Suman Kumar Jha, Suraj Goswami, Ajay, Riya Thakur, Ghanshyam Singh, Vipul Sharma. Breeding for qualitative fodder parameters in mulberry (Morus alba L.). Pharma Innovation 2023;12(2):3731-3735.

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