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Combining Ability Studies for Fibre Quality Traits in Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)


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1 Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
2 Agricultural Research Station, (U.A.S.) Hebballi Farm, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
     

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An investigation was carried out to assess the combining ability and nature of gene action in respect of seed cotton yield and its component traits in 54 new hybrids developed by crossing 9 lines with 6 testers of upland cotton in line × tester mating design in Randomized Block Design with two replications during Kharif 2010 at Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. The variance among the lines (2.5 % span length and micronaire), testers and line × tester interaction (2.5 % span length, fibre strength and micronaire) were highly significant for the characters indicating predominance of non-additive gene action in genetic control of these traits. Magnitude of sca variance was higher than the gca variance for majority of the traits. The ratio of gca/ sca variance indicated preponderance of non-additive type of gene action, which is an integral component of the genetic architecture of different characters in the material used in cotton. L1 and L9 among the lines and T1 and T2 among the testers were identified as good general combiners indicating their ability in transmitting additive genes in the desirable direction to their progenies. Highly significant sca effects were observed in most of the hybrids for all the characters studied and good specific combiners for different characters involved parents with high × high, high × low, low × high and low × low general combinations.

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Combining Ability, Upland Cotton, Span Length, Fibre Strength
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Authors

H. M. Ranganatha
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Shreekanth S. Patil
Agricultural Research Station, (U.A.S.) Hebballi Farm, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
S. M. Manjula
Agricultural Research Station, (U.A.S.) Hebballi Farm, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
B. N. Arvind Kumar
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
P. Swathi
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

Abstract


An investigation was carried out to assess the combining ability and nature of gene action in respect of seed cotton yield and its component traits in 54 new hybrids developed by crossing 9 lines with 6 testers of upland cotton in line × tester mating design in Randomized Block Design with two replications during Kharif 2010 at Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. The variance among the lines (2.5 % span length and micronaire), testers and line × tester interaction (2.5 % span length, fibre strength and micronaire) were highly significant for the characters indicating predominance of non-additive gene action in genetic control of these traits. Magnitude of sca variance was higher than the gca variance for majority of the traits. The ratio of gca/ sca variance indicated preponderance of non-additive type of gene action, which is an integral component of the genetic architecture of different characters in the material used in cotton. L1 and L9 among the lines and T1 and T2 among the testers were identified as good general combiners indicating their ability in transmitting additive genes in the desirable direction to their progenies. Highly significant sca effects were observed in most of the hybrids for all the characters studied and good specific combiners for different characters involved parents with high × high, high × low, low × high and low × low general combinations.

Keywords


Combining Ability, Upland Cotton, Span Length, Fibre Strength