GENETIC STUDIES ON GROWTH, EARLINESS YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS, AND SEED QUALITY IN BROAD BEAN (Vicia faba L.)

Abstract

A 4 x 4 diallel cross with reciprocals was performed among four cultivars of broad bean (Vicia faba, L.), i.e., two Spanish cultivars named Luz de otono and Reina mora, one local cultivar called Giza planka, and a selected line, cv. (Sabaaty). The four parents and their 12 F1 hybrids and reciprocal crosses were evaluated in a field experiment designed in a randomized complete block with 3 replicates. This investigation was carried out during the winter seasons of

Genetic Variation Within F2 Populations for Some Crosses of Broad Bean (Viciafaba L.)

“…The present investigation was carried out during the winter seasons of 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 under field conditions at Sabahya Horticultural Research Station, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt. Plant materials for this study were consisted of the second generation of five crosses occurred among four cultivars of broad bean (Viciafaba, L) produced from self pollination (Abd Allah and Tolba, 2009). The parental cultivars were two Spanish cultivars named as Reina mora (P1) and Luz de otono (P2), one local cultivars named Giza planka (P3), and a selected line Equadols cv.…”

“…Broad bean is a self-pollinating plant with significant levels of outcross and inter-cross, ranging from 20% to 80% depending on genotype and environmental effects. Grain legume crops are important to the economy of Egypt and provide a balanced protein component in the mainly cereal diets of the people (Abd-Allah and Tolba, 2009). Egyptian production of faba bean in 2013 was 192,096tons produced from 138,000hectars as reported by FAO (2013).The promising segregating populations make it possible to select lines with superior performance.…”