Heterosis, Combining Ability and Gene Action for Yield in Bottle Gourd
2020
The experiment was conducted at the experimental
field of Olericulture Division, Horticulture Research Centre (HRC), Bangladesh
Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur, Bangladesh during the winter
season of 2018-2019 to study the genetic architecture of yield in a seven parent half
diallel cross of bottle gourd. The values of mean square for GCA (general
combining ability) and SCA (specific combining ability) were highly significant
which suggested the presence of both additive and non-additive genetic variance
in the population. But the higher magnitude of GCA compared to SCA indicated
predominance of additive genetic variance. In most of the cases, the cross
between poor and poor parents showed positive SCA effect for fruit yield, which
indicated the higher yield. The estimates of significant positive better parent
heterosis ranged from 6.27 to 49.72 percent. Analysis of genetic components of
variation suggested that additive components were more important in the
inheritance of fruit yield. This character was observed being controlled by two
to three pairs of genes or groups of genes. Narrow sense heritability was 23
percent indicating probability of selection in generations. The graphical
analysis also indicated wide genetic diversity among the parents.
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