Combining ability studies and heterosis for yield and its component traits in safflower [Carthamus tinctorius L.)]

Evaluation of parents and F1s derived from crossing four well adapted lines and six testers in a line x tester fashion revealed that variance due to sca had higher magnitude than gca variance for all the traits studied indicating that these traits are under the influence of non additive gene action....

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Main Author: D.Shivani, Ch.Sreelakshmi and C.V. Sameer Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indian Society of Plant Breeders 2011-09-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding
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Online Access:http://sites.google.com/site/ejpb2011/vol-2-3/Vol-2-3-377-383.pdf?attredirects=0