Abstract

                                A line x tester analysis involving five females and seven males along with their 35 Fl crosses was studied in groundnut (A hypogaea L.) for combining ability. Among females AK 12-24 was observed to be the best general combiner for days to first flowering, M 145 for shelling per cent and M 13 for pod yield, kemel weight, pod length and pod width Among males U4-4-32 was the best general combiner for pod yield, kernel weight and the days to first flowering Fifteen crosses exhibited high positive sca effects for pod yield of which M 13 x Godjah 61, M 13 x U4-4-32, M 13 x Florida Runner and AK12-24 x Florida Runner involed good x good general combining parents. Both additive and non-additive genetic effects control the inheri- tance of almost all the characters, the latter type being more important for pod yield, kernel weight and shelling per cent.

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