Heterosis in lentil [Lens culinaris]
1994
Kumar, A. | Singh, D.P. | Singh, B.B. (Narendra Deva Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad (India). Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding)
Heterosis over better and standard parent was estimated for yield and its components in 30 hybrid lentils (Lens culinaris Medik.) derived by crossing three well-adapted varieties at testers and 10 eco-geographically diverse genotypes as lines. The range of heterosis over better parent (in percentage) was -10.1 to 49.9 for days to initial flowering, -16.6 to 33.7 for plant height, -17.1 to 21.0 for primary branches/plant, -16.7 to 42.7 for secondary branches/plant, 16.7 to 42.7 for secondary branches/plant, -24.7 to 81.7 for pods/plant, -11.1 to 15.8 for seeds/pod, -48.8 to 19.6 for 100-seed weight and -23.5 to 106.4 for yield/plant. The majority of crosses exhibited negative heterosis over better parent for 100-seed weight. The heterosis observed for yield was mainly attained through major yield components, pods/plant and secondary branches/plant. The hybrid Pusa 4 x Pant L-234 exhibited maximum better and standard parent heterosis for yield/plant, and also showed highest better parent heterosis for pods/plant along with high heterosis for seeds/pod and 100-seed weight
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