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Inheritance of grain yield and its correlation with yield components in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


Jinbao Yao
Hongxiang Ma
Xueming Yang
G.uocai Yao
Miaoping Zhou

Abstract

The genetic effect of grain yield plant-1 and its correlation with yield components were investigated in a 7 × 7 incomplete diallel cross of seven wheat parents during the crop season of 2009 to 2010. Mean square of general combining ability (GCA) effect was 2.90 for grain yield plant-1, which was highly significant (P<0.01), indicating that additive effect played important role in the inheritance of the trait. Specific combining ability (SCA) effect was highly significant (P<0.01) for grain yield plant-1 (0.68), suggesting that the trait was also controlled by non-additive effect. The estimates of GCA showed that the best combiner for grain yield plant-1 was Ningmai 9. The additive-dominance model was partially adequate for grain yield plant-1 and it was controlled by the over dominance type of gene action. Ningmai 8 possessed maximum dominant genes, whereas Yangmai 9 had maximum recessive genes. Grain yield plant-1 might be controlled by two groups of genes and exhibited moderately high value of narrow sense heritability (h2N=69.51%). The statistical analysis revealed that grain yield plant-1 was positively and significantly correlated with tillers plant-1 (rp=0.584, rg=0.595) and number of grains spike-1 (rp=0.528, rg=0.507) at phenotypic and genotypic levels. The information obtained from the study might be helpful for wheat breeders trying to develop new varieties with high-yielding potential.

Keywords: Combining ability, diallel cross, grain yield, inheritance, Triticum aestivum L

African Journal of Biotechnology, Vol 13(12), 1379-1385

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