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Studying Combining Ability and Heterosis in Different Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Genotypes for Yield and Yield Contributing Traits

Studying Combining Ability and Heterosis in Different Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Genotypes for Yield and Yield Contributing Traits

Ehtisham Shakeel Khokhar*1, Amir Shakeel1, Muhammad Amir Maqbool1, Muhammad Khubaib Abuzar2, Sumaira Zareen2, Syeda Sana Aamir4 and Muhammad Asadullah4

1Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan; 2Environmental Science Department, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan; 3Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, International Islamic University, Islamabad; 4National Agricultural Research Center (NARC), Islamabad, Pakistan.

Email: ehtishamshakeel@hotmail.com

 

Figure 1:

Contribution of lines, testers and line × tester interactions in the performance of F1 progeny for different traits.

Table 1:

Analysis of variance showing mean squares for various plant traits in upland cotton

Table 3:

Specific combining ability effects (SCA) for 20 hybrids of various plant traits in upland cotton

Table 6:

Estimation of heterosis and hetrobeltiosis (%) for 20 hybrids for various plant traits in upland cotton

Table 7:

Estimation of Heterosis and hetrobeltiosis for 20 hybrids for various plant traits in upland cotton
 

Table 8:

Estimation of variance due to GCA and SCA for various plant traits in G. hirsutum L.

Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research

December

Vol.36, Iss. 4, Pages 297-403

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