Heterosis and Combining Ability in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
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Author:P.N. Mule, V. Khandelwal, V.A. Lodam, D.A. Shinde, P.P. Patil and A.B. Patil
p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:99, Issue:jul-sep
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.100103
Abstract
The present study on heterosis and combining ability for fruit yield and its components was
carried out in a set of 27 F 1 hybrids of cucumber obtained from a Line x Tester method
involving twelve diverse parents at Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 2009. The ratio of
the genetic variance was less than unity, which indicated the predominance of the non-
additive gene action in all the traits. The analysis revealed that none of the parents was found
good general combiners for all the traits consistently, however parents CCP-9, Gujarat local
and SPP-44 were good combiner for fruit yield and its contributing traits. The hybrids Pilibhit
Local x K-90 followed by Sheetal x SPP-44 and Sheetal x CC-9 have exhibited higher
heterobeltiosis for fruit yield and its components characters. These crosses involved poor
x poor and poor x good combiner parents. Further improvement in fruit yield could be possible
through the hybridization and selection in transgressive segregants.
Key words : Heterosis, combining ability, gene action, Cucumis sativus L., line x tester