Combining ability analysis for grain yield and quality characters in pearl millet [Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone]

DOI: 10.37992/2023.1401.034

  • Sunita Choudhary, B. S. Rajpurohit,
  • Shubham Kumawat and Vikas Khandelwal

Abstract

The objective of the present study is to estimate the combining ability effects among parents and their crosses in pearl millet, to identify promising cross combinations for grain yield and its component traits. In combining ability analysis, the extent of sca variance was higher than gca variance for all of the characters demonstrating the predominance of non-additive gene action except for panicle length and 1000-grain weight. The estimates of general combining ability suggested that parents, RIB 17 S/109, RIB 16300, RIB 37-40 S/17, RIB 13-16 S/17, ICMA 96666 and ICMA 94111 were good general combiners for yield and its contributing characters. The best hybrid, ICMA 94111 x RIB 16296 involved low x low performing parents which exhibited high positive and significant SCA effect for grain yield and most of the yield contributing and quality traits like protein, iron and zinc. These good combiner lines may be exploited to develop iron and zinc rich hybrids along with grain yield to alleviate malnutrition in people of the country.

Keywords: Pearl millet, combining ability, gene action, male sterile line, tester.

Published
31-03-2023
How to Cite
Sunita Choudhary, B. S. Rajpurohit, Shubham Kumawat and Vikas Khandelwal

Combining ability analysis for grain yield and quality characters in pearl millet [Cenchrus americanus L. Morrone]

. 2023. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 14 1, 170-176. Retrieved from https://ejplantbreeding.org/index.php/EJPB/article/view/4642
Issue
Vol 14 No 1 (2023): EJPB
Section
Research Article

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