STUDIES ON COMBINING ABILITY IN STRAWBERRY (FRAGARIA × ANANASSA): I. NUMBER OF INFLORESCENCES, NUMBER OF FLOWERS, DAYS TO MATURITY AND NUMBER OF FRUITS

1981 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shri Dhar Lal ◽  
Jitendra Nath Seth

A 10 × 10 complete diallel cross was carried out in the strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.). Significant general (gca) and specific combining ability (sea) effects were recorded. The variances due to general combining ability exceeded the variances due to specific combining ability. Cytoplasmic effects were also noted. The variety Kalimpong Local was found to be a good general combiner for number of inflorescences, number of flowers and number of fruits. The variety Albritton had highest gca effect for number of inflorescences. The variety Premier was a good general combiner for number of flowers. The Redcoat showed highest gca effect for days to maturity. The best specific combination for number of inflorescences was Phenomenal × Jeolikote Local in F1 and Premier × Kalimpong Local in F2. For number of fruits Albritton × Kalimpong Local and Premier × Cavalier were the best.

1966 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric D. Putt

Heterosis occurred for the eight plant and seed characters studied. It was most frequent for yield of seed and height of plant. Mean squares for general combining ability (gca) and specific combining ability (sca) were significant (P =.01) for all characters. The estimated components for gca were greater than for sca for days to mature, weight per bushel, and percent oil in the seed; less for height and yield of seed; and essentially the same for days to bloom, diameter of head, and weight per 1000 seeds.The yield of seed and percent oil in the seed, for the highest ranking 100 synthetics that could be composed from the 10 lines, was predicted in F6 assuming 50 and 60% outcrossing between F2 and F6. Virtually all values exceeded the mean performance of four check samples of commercial hybrids. Many exceeded the highest rank check for oil content in the seed. Fourteen of the highest ranking 100 synthetics for yield and 30 for oil content consisted of two or three lines. It was concluded that synthetics can be superior to the present hybrids in heterosis and that desirable synthetics can be made from only a few lines.


1968 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis E. Aalders ◽  
Donald L. Craig

Seedlings of a diallel cross of seven strawberry inbreds omitting reciprocals were fruited in matted rows. Per acre fruit yields were comparable with leading cultivars, but berry appearance and quality of the hybrids were poor. Differences in resistance to powdery mildew reflected the values of the cultivars from which the inbreds were derived.All four characters studied showed significant general combining ability values, and three of the four showed significant specific combining ability values. These results are consistent with previous findings of considerable amounts of non-additive genetic variation in the strawberry.


1983 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. S. Ogilvie ◽  
V. Kozumplik

A diallel cross of four cigar cultivars and one pipe tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) cultivar was analyzed for the following parameters: grade index, yield, crop revenue or index, percentage of nicotine, percentage of total alkaloids, and susceptability to pole rot. The experiment was performed over 3 years. Analysis was done for general combining ability and specific combining ability. General combining ability was greater than specific combining ability for all variables although significant specific combining ability effects were also present for all parameters with the exception of nicotine and total alkaloids. Reciprocal effects were completely absent. The line Pennbel 69 showed a positive general combining ability effect for yield, crop index, and infestation by pole rot and a high negative general combining ability effect for grade index and percentage of nicotine and total alkaloids. Petit Havane showed a complete reverse of general combining ability effects for these parameters while the other three cultivars were intermediate. High positive specific combining ability effects for grade index, yield, and crop index and high negative specific combining ability effects for the percentage of pole rot were shown by crosses of Pennbel 69.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Fernando Lisboa Guedes ◽  
Rafael Parreira Diniz ◽  
Marcio Balestre ◽  
Camila Bastos Ribeiro ◽  
Renato Barbosa Camargos ◽  
...  

The objective of our study was to characterize and determine the patterns of genetic control in relation to tolerance and efficiency of nitrogen use by means of a complete diallel cross involving contrasting inbred progenies of tropical maize based on a univariate approach within the perspective of a multivariate mixed model. Eleven progenies, previously classified regarding the tolerance and responsiveness to nitrogen, were crossed in a complete diallel cross. Fifty-five hybrids were obtained. The hybrids and the progenies were evaluated at two different nitrogen levels, in two locations. The grain yield was measured as well as its yield components. The heritability values between the higher and lower nitrogen input environment did not differ among themselves. It was observed that the general combining ability values were similar for both approaches univariate and multivariate, when it was analyzed within each location and nitrogen level. The estimate of variance of the specific combining ability was higher than general combining ability estimate and the ratio between them was 0.54. The univariate and multivariate approaches are equivalent in experiments with good precision and high heritability. The nonadditive genetic effects exhibit greater quantities than the additive genetic effects for the genetic control of nitrogen use efficiency.


1968 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 411 ◽  
Author(s):  
JG Wutoh ◽  
WM Hutton ◽  
AJ Pritchard

A diallel cross of five accessions was used to estimate general and specific combining ability for nine traits in Glycine javanica L. Variation due to both general and specific combining ability was highly significant but the general combining ability component of variance was larger than the specific combining ability component for flowering time, maturity date, and seed weight. For yield, stolon length, stolon number, and percentage of stolons rooted the specific combining ability component was the larger. The cultivar Tinaroo had a high general combining ability and a low specific combining ability for most traits associated with forage yield and should be a valuable parent in future breeding programmes. Negative genetic correlations between yield and some traits associated with stolon development indicate that it may not be possible to produce a variety with all desirable characters from a breeding programme based on the five accessions used.


1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. BRIGGS

Grain protein percentage was assessed in F1 and F2 populations in two experiments involving a complete diallel cross among the barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars Bonanza, Conquest, Olli, Galt and Jubilee. Heterosis was absent in all crosses and a Griffing combining ability analysis showed that specific combining ability was nonsignificant in both F1 and F2 populations. General combining ability (GCA) for protein percentage was highly significant in both generations, with Conquest and Olli having major positive GCA effects. Galt produced a large negative GCA effect, while Jubilee and Bonanza caused small negative GCA effects. Significant differences between the hybrids were found only in F1. Broad sense heritabilities for protein differences between the parents were 0.57 and 0.72 in the two experiments, and were significant at the 5 and 1% levels of significance, respectively. Conquest had significantly higher protein than Bonanza, with Olli being intermediate. Galt had lower protein than Jubilee, but this difference was significant in only one experiment. The differences among the five cultivars for mean grain protein percentage and general combining ability are significant in relation to breeding for malting and feed type barleys.


1980 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. S. Ogilvie ◽  
V. Kozumplik

A diallel cross of four cigar and one pipe tobacco was analysed for the following characters: (1) height before topping (2) height after topping (3) number of leaves (4) leaf width (5) leaf length (6) leaf angle and (7) days from transplanting to flower. The experiment was performed over three years with four replications. Analysis was done for general combining ability and specific combining ability. General combining ability was in all cases greater than specific combining ability, although there were some specific combining ability effects. The line Pennbel 69 showed very high positive general combining abilities for all characters while the line Petit Havane showed negative general combining abilities for these characters. Commercial production of F1 hybrids would not seem to be of any advantage for any of these characters with these parental lines.


1981 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 585-590
Author(s):  
I. S. Ogilvie ◽  
V. Kozumplik

A diallel cross of four cigar and one pipe tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) was analyzed for the following characters in samples of cured tobacco: (1) percentage of light filler; (2) percentage of heavy filler; (3) percentage of top filler; (4) percentage of bottom filler; (5) percentage of total filler; (6) percentage of marketable trash and (7) total percentage of marketable tobacco. The experiment was performed over three years with four replications. Analysis was done for general combining ability and specific combining ability. General combining ability was greater than specific combining ability for all parameters, although specific combining ability effects were also present for all parameters with the exception of total marketable tobacco. Reciprocal effects were completely absent. The line Pennbel 69 showed a negative general combining ability effect for all grades of filler, total filler and total marketable tobacco with a positive effect for percentage of marketable trash. High positive specific combining ability effects for percentage total filler and high negative specific combining ability effects for percentage marketable trash were shown by crosses of Pennbel 69 with the other four cultivars.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Armando Dornelas Mota ◽  
Camila Bastos Ribeiro ◽  
Regis de Castro Carvalho ◽  
Flávia Maria Avelar Gonçalves

This study aimed to elucidate the maternal and paternal genetic effects of the physiological quality of hybrid seed corn over time, as well as the contribution of heterosis for this trait. The seeds of single hybrids, reciprocals and parents were obtained by manual crosses in a complete diallel cross scheme. The analyses of germination and accelerated aging were performed and the data were analyzed with Tukey test and Griffing method. The quadratic components of general combining ability were similar to the effects of specific combining ability and superior to reciprocal, in most evaluation periods, implying that the effects on seed quality characters were attributed to genes of additive effect and genes of non-additive effect. The maternal effect of corn seed longevity was highly significant however its contribution was smaller than general combining ability and specific combining ability effects, but proved to be important in combinations of parents with lower estimate of general combining ability.


1985 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sarrafi ◽  
R. Ecochard

The study of agronomic characters of healthy and virus diseased plants in a diallel cross program concerning five different varieties of bean, shows that in both cases the general combining ability for yield and its components usually has positive or negative significant values; the maximum value of the general combining ability for each yield component is characteristic of each variety; and the number of specific combining ability cases are less numerous than those of general combining ability. Usually positive specific combining ability is obtained from two negative and positive cases of general combining ability because of nonadditive genes interaction. Values for general and specific combining abilities are, in some cases, significantly modified by the bean common mosaic virus. This shows that quantitative genetic studies concerning agronomical and physiological characters are always influenced by external factors including culture conditions as well as parasites. The results obtained are valuable only for the studied varieties and conditions in which the experiment is achieved.Key words: bean, diallel crosses, virus No. 1, combining ability.


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