Studies on parental variability and heterosis in rice
2002
Nuruzzaman, M. | Alam, M.F. | Ahmed, M.G. | Shohael, A.M. | Biswas, M.K. | Amin, M.R. | Hossain, M.M. (Rajshahi Univ. (Bangladesh). Dept. of Botany)
Genetic variability was studied for eight quantitative traits in fourteen parental lines of hybrid rice. The characters were plant height, flag leaf initiation day, first panicle initiation day, days to 100% flowering, days to maturity, grain yield/10 hills, spikelet fertility/10 panicles and no. of effective tillers/hill. Two additional characters (flag leaf length and spikelet length) were included in heterosis study. In general high component of variation and coefficient of variability were observed for most of the characters. The highest component of variation, coefficient of variability and heritability were noticed in grain yield/10 hills. Characters those with high genetic variability and genetic advance were considered to be important for selecting the desirable lines. Heterosis was studied in ten F1 lines for 10 characters. In general, the hybrids performed significantly better than the respective parents. Mid parent, standard variety and better parent heterosis were observed for all the characters under study. In comparison of F1 hybrids with their respective mid parent, standard variety and better parent showed significant heterosis for most of the studied characters. Among the 10 hybrids three lines viz., IR62829 Ax IR62036-222- 3-3-1- 2R, IR58025 A x IR61614-38-19-3-2R and IR68888 A x IR56381-139-2-2R exhibited the highest heterosis in grain yield/10 hills. In conclusion, there was an ample scope for developing suitable hybrid rice from the studied parental lines as the hybrids exhibited vigour and earliness.
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