Combining Ability Studies in Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.)

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Title: Combining Ability Studies in Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.)
Authors: Rukam S Tomar, M K Bhalala
Source: Journal of Horticultural Sciences, Vol 1, Iss 2 (2006)
Publisher Information: Society for Promotion of Horticulture - Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, 2006.
Publication Year: 2006
Collection: LCC:Plant culture
Subject Terms: GCA, SCA, Plant culture, SB1-1110
More Details: The parent Hara Madhu in E1, AMM-01-18 and AMM-02 -26 in E2 and AMM-01-18, AMM-02-26 and Hara Madhu on pooled basis exhibited positive and significant GCA effects for fruit yield per plant. Thus these three parents appeared to be good general combiners for fruit yield. Out of these parents AMM-01-18 had a good combining ability for fruit yield per plant, number of primary branches, number of fruits per plant, fruit weight, moisture content, total soluble solids, acidity and total soluble sugars on pooled basis. Specific combining ability effects for fruit yield and yield attributing traits revealed significant and positive SCA effects in fourteen crosses for number of primary branches per plant, nine for fruit length, twelve for fruit girth, ten for fruits per plant, eleven for fruit weight, nine for fruit yield per plant, eleven for flesh thickness, nine for moisture content, twenty for total soluble solids, twenty for acidity and fifteen for total soluble sugars data in the desired direction in pooled analysis. However, some crosses like AMM-01-18 x AMM-02-26, Hara Madhu x RM-50 and AMM- 01-18 x DM-1 exhibited significant SCA effects for fruit yield per plant over environments along with some of the component traits in different environments.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 0973-354X
2582-4899
Relation: https://jhs.iihr.res.in/index.php/jhs/article/view/649; https://doaj.org/toc/0973-354X; https://doaj.org/toc/2582-4899
DOI: 10.24154/jhs.v1i2.649
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/b6fc9d5dd3f34d43a19fbc1ffa91cc6d
Accession Number: edsdoj.b6fc9d5dd3f34d43a19fbc1ffa91cc6d
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:0973354X
25824899
DOI:10.24154/jhs.v1i2.649
Published in:Journal of Horticultural Sciences
Language:English