Patel, G.V. and Zaveri, P.P. and Pathak, A.R. (1991) Use of male sterility to measure heterosis in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.). Indian Journal of Genetics & Plant Breeding, 51 (2). pp. 208-213.
![[img]](http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png) |
PDF
Restricted to ICRISAT researchers only |
Abstract
Male sterile sibs of 3 genetically male sterile lines, namely, MS 3A, MS 4A (medium maturity, indeterminate) and MS Prabhat (early maturity, determinate), were hand-pollinated with 10 medium and 10 early maturity pollinators. The resultant 60 hybrids and parents were grown during 1985-86 and data recorded for 5 traits. As a result of high heterosis for pods/plant, plant height and branches/plant, many of the hybrids showed significant heterosis for seed yield/plant. These hybrids also had early maturity with reduced plant height. Heterosis for seed yield over better parent was highest for crosses MS 3A X DL78-1 and MS Prabhat X ICPL384 (80 and 78%, respectively); when compared with the standard variety BDN2, crosses MS 3A X ICPL8504, MS 4A X B12 and MS 3A X ICPL6997 were the best. Hybrids with 2 early parents were superior for early maturity but not for yield, and high heterotic hybrids had at least one medium maturing parent
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Author Affiliation: | Pulses Research Station, Gujarat Agricultural University, Sarda Krushinagar 385506, India |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection > Pesticides Plant Protection > Pests |
| Divisions: | Pigeonpea |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jan 2011 16:01 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jan 2011 16:01 |
| Official URL: | http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijo... |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/1220 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
