Heterosis and Combining Ability for Seed Cotton Yield and Component Traits in Inter Specific Cotton Hybrids (Gossypium hirsutum L. x Gossypium barbadense L.)
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Author:N.A. Patel, B.N. Patel, J.P. Bhatt and J.A. Patel
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:99, Issue:oct-dec
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.100163
Abstract
Forty five inter specific hybrids between G. hirsutum X G. barbadense derived from nine
diverse female parents of G. hirsutum and five pollen parents of G. barbadense were evaluated
to study heterosis and combining ability for seed cotton yield and its component traits.
Significant heterosis was observed for the characters under study indicating the presence
of genetic diversity among the parental lines. The hybrid (G. 67 x GSB 19) exhibited significant
positive heterosis over the standard check hybrid for seed cotton yield per plant. Combining
ability analysis suggested the preponderance of non-additive type of gene action for all the
traits except average boll weight. The female parent G. 67 was found to be the best general
combiner for majority of the traits; while, male parent GSB 19 was good general combiner for
seed cotton yield per plant and its component characters viz., average boll weight and lint
yield per plant. The hybrid G. 247 x Suvin exhibited significant positive sca effect for seed
cotton yield per plant and its attributing traits except plant height.
Key words : Cotton, Line x Tester analysis, Heterosis and Combining ability