TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
UR  - http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-662-44406-1_9
IS  - 2
PB  - Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development
TI  - Combining ability studies of pigeonpea CGMS lines with an obcordate leaf marker
A1  - Patil, S B
A1  - Hingane, A J
A1  - Sameer Kumar, C V
A1  - Mula, M G
A1  - Vijaya Kumar, R
A1  - Saxena, K B
SN  - 0970-6380
VL  - 28
N2  - Hybrid pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] breeding technology based on CGMS was recently developed. A program was initiated to track the purity of female parental lines by incorporating an obcordate leaf shape marker in established male sterile A-lines. Seven obcordate A-lines developed by backcrossing and selection were crossed with four known fertility restorers in line x tester mating design to study their general and specific combining ability. Higher magnitude of SCA effect showed that, hybrid yield was under the control of non-additive genes. Among A-lines, ICPA 2204 was the best general combiner. Among testers, ICPL 20116 was the best general combiner. Among hybrids, ICPA 2208 x ICPL 20108 a cross between high GCA parents was the best with positive significant SCA effect and higher mean performance for grain yield, 100-seed mass, number of seeds/pod and resistance to fusarium wilt disease. The success of this technology will help addressing the issue of seed quality to some extent.
SP  - 105
Y1  - 2015/09/29/
EP  - 110
ID  - icrisat9033
KW  - Combing ability
KW  -  Line × tester
KW  -  GCA
KW  -  SCA
KW  -  Obcordate leaf shape
KW  -  Pigeonpea
JF  - Journal of Food Legumes
ER  -