18Sep 2017

Genetics for Yield and Its components in Sesamum.

  • Department of Agriculture Botany, MPKV, Rahuri (Maharashtra state, India).
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Generation mean analysis was carried out to study nature and magnitude of gene effects for yield and its yield component in a cross of sesame (SesamumindicumL.) The parents with their F1, F2, B1 and B2 were evaluated in replicated trail for ten quantitative traits. The analysis showed that scales A,B and C are highly significant for seed yield/plant and all the ten yield components, indicating the predominance of non-allelic interactions or epistasis of Additive x Additive (i) and Dominance x Dominance (l) for almost all the ten characters in the cross. Predominance of non-additive (dominance) gene action was prevailed in the expression of seed yield/ plant, its components with duplicate type of epistasis in the cross investigated. Hence, selection should be delayed until virtual homozygosity is attained to achieve the improvement in these traits.


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[S.D.Rajput (2017); Genetics for Yield and Its components in Sesamum. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Sep). 759-764] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Dr.Sumersing Rajput
Mahatma Phule Agriculture University, Rahuri Maharashtra state India

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5385      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5385