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.
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.