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Study on the Inheritance and Relationship of Some Morphological and Fertility Characters in Faba Bean ( Vicia faba L.)
Author(s) -
Duc G.,
Berthaut N.,
Pellletier R.,
Carteron A.
Publication year - 1990
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.1439-0523.1990.tb00465.x
Subject(s) - biology , vicia faba , diallel cross , ideotype , point of delivery , ovule , inflorescence , botany , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , fertility , horticulture , agronomy , genetics , cultivar , population , hybrid , gene , demography , sociology , pollen
Inheritance of several morphological and fertility characters was studied in F2 generation of two sets of diallel cross, using Griffing's analysis of variance. A paramount importance of general combining ability (GCA) over specific combining ability was measured for most studied characteristics. Correlations among GCA values for seed yield, morphological and fertility characters do not give a clear definition of the plant ideotype. “Terminal inflorescence” character appeared to reduce the seed per ovule ratio. Higher additive component was found for the ovule per pod than for seed per pod characters.