Combining ability effects for fruit characters in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

• Main Author: Abdul Majid Ansari,* and Y. V. Singh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Indian Society of Plant Breeders 2014-09-01
• Series: Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding
• Subjects: Brinjal; combining ability; diallel
• Online Access: https://sites.google.com/site/ejpb2011/vol-5-3/EJPB_V5_N3_385-393.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

Brinjal var.Pant Rituraj showed the best general combining ability (gca) effects for fruit diameter, average fruit weight and number of infested fruits/plant whereas, Pant Samrat for number of healthy fruits/plant, total number of fruits/plant and yield/plant and S. aethiopicum L. (2n=24) for the traits number of healthy fruits/plant, total number of fruits/plant and weight of infested fruits/plant whereas. BARI was found best general combiner for fruit length, average fruit weight, weight of healthy fruits/plant and yield/plant. PB-71 gave significant gca effect for fruit diameter, average fruit weight and yield/plant. The cross BARI x PB-66, BARI x Pant Rituraj and BARI x Pant Samrat were found highest specific combining ability (sca) effect for most of the characters studied. Other good specific combiners were PB-66 x PR, PB-66 x PS, BARI x PB-71 and S. aethiopicum x BARI. These parents and specific combinations could be utilized for further breeding programme of brinjal improvement.