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Genetics of morphological characters related to plant type in peas (Pisum sativum L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

K. R. Gupta ,
B. S. Dahiya  and
K. P. Singh
K. R. Gupta
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Breeding, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar-125004
B. S. Dahiya
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Breeding, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar-125004
K. P. Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Breeding, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar-125004
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Summary

Genetic analysis for eight morphological traits, number of days from sowing to first flower, to complete pod filling, and to first mature pod, height of plant from the ground to the first fruiting node, distance between the first and last fruiting nodes, number of nodes from the ground to the first pod-bearing node, average internode length and number of flowers per axil, was done by following numerical and graphical approaches in a nine parental half diallel. Components as well as the graphical approach showed the importance of non-additive gene effects for height of plant from the ground to the first fruiting node, number of nodes from the ground to the first pod-bearing node and number of days from sowing to first mature pod, while for other traits additive genes were important. The high performance of number of nodes from the ground to the first pod-bearing node and number of flowers per axil was governed by recessive alleles while other traits were governed by dominant alleles. Consequently for developing an efficient plant type hybridization between parents like P23, EC109182, EC109196, LMR200 and LMR8 is advocated. Leafless segregants from the present set of crosses which exhibited potential for high yield in national tests have been isolated.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 101 , Issue 3 , December 1983 , pp. 583 - 588
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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