Study of per se performance and heterosis for yield and its attributing traits in forage Sorghum [Sorghum Bicolor (l.) Moench]

Patel, Y.D. and Patel, R.N. and Gami, R.A. and Patel, P.R. and Parmar, N.R. (2018) Study of per se performance and heterosis for yield and its attributing traits in forage Sorghum [Sorghum Bicolor (l.) Moench]. Forage Research, 44 (2). pp. 81-85.

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Abstract

The present investigation in forage sorghum [,Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] was carried out to study p e r se performance and magnitude o f heterosis in 27 F1 hybrids with nine female and three male were examined in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications for fodder yield, its quality and other yield related traits during Kharif 2016-17. Analysis o f variance revealed that significant differences was observed among the parents for all the characters except plant height. This indicated the presence o f adequate amount of variability in parents (lines and testers) for most o f the traits under study. An examination o f mean performance o f parents and hybrids indicated that the female DSF-140, male Malwan and the hybrids DSF-138 x CSV 21 F,DSF-123 x Malwan and DSF-140 x GFS 5 exhibited higher mean performance for green fodder yield per plant and some o f the yield contributing traits. The cross combinations, DSF-130 x CSV 21 F, DSF-146 x GFS 5 and DSF-146 x CSV 21 F exhibited significant and positive heterobeltiosis for green fodder yield and its component traits. In case o f standatd heterosis over best check CSH 13, the top ranking hybrids viz., DSF-138 x CSV 21 F, DSF-123 x Malwan and DSF-140 x GFS 5 were found promising for green fodder yield per plant and its component traits.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Per se performance, heterobeltiosis, standard heterosis, green fodder yield
Author Affiliation: Department o f Genetics and Plant Breeding, CPCA, S.D. Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar (Gujarat)
Subjects: Plant Production
Divisions: Sorghum
Depositing User: Mr T L Gautham
Date Deposited: 09 Nov 2018 03:11
Last Modified: 09 Nov 2018 03:11
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15681

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