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A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON HETEROTIC POTENTIAL IN SESAME (Sesamum indicum L.)

Volume : 71
Issue: Feb-feb
Pages: 81 - 84
Published: September 26, 2023
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Abstract


Thirty Six hybrids derived by crossing 12 female and three male parents Sesamum were studied for heterosis The extent of heterosis was found to be high for number of capsules and seed yield. The gca values were high in N-62-34/3 and JT 62-34/1 among females and in Co-1 among males. In respect of sca values the combination N 62-34/3 X Co-1 was superior.

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81 - 84
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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