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Inheritance of Seed Size in Chickpeas ( Cicer Arietinum L.) 1
Author(s) -
Niknejad M.,
Khoshkhui M.,
Ghorashy S. R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1971.0011183x001100050052x
Subject(s) - biology , heritability , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , genetic inheritance , botany , agronomy , horticulture , gene , genetics
Two chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) pure lines, one having small seeds and another with large seeds, were crossed reciprocally. Parents, F 1 , and F 2 generations were grown in a field study to determine the inheritance of seed size. The results showed that large seeds were partially dominant to small seeds with at least eight pairs of genes controlling seed size. Broad sense heritability was estimated to be 81%. No maternal effects were observed in this study.