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Genetics of Resistance to Fruit Borer, Heliothis armigera Hübner, in Lycopersicon
Author(s) -
Banerjee M. K.,
Kashyap R. K.,
Yadav A. K.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
plant breeding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1439-0523
pISSN - 0179-9541
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1989.tb00333.x
Subject(s) - biology , lycopersicon , infestation , heritability , heliothis virescens , botany , lepidoptera genitalia , heliothis , horticulture , trait , quantitative trait locus , gene , noctuidae , genetics , computer science , programming language
Inheritance of resistance to the fruit borer, Heliothis armigera Hübner in tomato was studied in TWO interspecific crosses. L. hirsutum f. gLabratum ‘B 6013′. a fruit borer‐resistant parent, was crossed with two susceptible L. esculentum varieties ‘HS 101’ and. ‘HS 102′. Six generations of two crosses were evaluated for percentage fruit: infestation (on a number basis) and the estimates of the gene effects were derived from the generation mean using a three parameter model A preponderance of additive gene effects was found for this trait. Heritability in the narrow sense was observed to be high indicating the fixable nature of the character.