Heterosis and Phenolic Performance in a Selected Cross of Cowpea Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp for Humid Environment Performance

Aremu, C. O.; Adewale, B. D.

doi:10.3923/aj.2010.292.296

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“…The estimates of heterosis for this trait revealed that 11 and 19 crosses showed significant positive heterosis over mid parent and standard check respectively. High estimates of heterosis for various pod related traits in cowpea were earlier reported by Aremu and Adewale (2010).…”

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Gene Action Studies in Cowpea Inbreds and Hybrids with Varying Levels of Heterosis

Lovely¹,

Kumar²

2021

IJARe

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Background: Cowpea is an important pulse crop grown worldwide that fits well in a variety of cropping systems. Improvement in yield and related characters along with reduced duration are desirable traits in this crop. The study of heterosis reveals the type of gene action involved which enables the plant breeder to adopt suitable breeding methodology for its improvement. Methods: The present investigation was carried out with 10 parent partial diallel design to analyse the gene action and estimate of heterosis with respect to nine yield related traits in cowpea.Result: Highly significant variances observed for all the traits indicated that hybrids and parents were different from each other for the traits under study and that variability in the breeding materials was attributed to additive and non-additive gene effects. Perusal of the data revealed significant positive heterosis for all yield related traits and significant negative heterosis for days to 50% flowering indicating earliness. Among the twenty five crosses studied, VS9 x VS43, VS24 x VS45 and VS44 x VS47 had significant heterosis for maximum number of characters. Both gca and sca variances were significant for all the characters indicating both additive and non-additive gene actions controlling the various traits. The additive variance was much higher than dominance variance for the characters days to 50% flowering, pod length, pod breadth, pod weight, pods per plant and cluster, pod yield per plant, seeds per plant and length of harvest period suggesting the preponderance of additive gene action.

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confidence: 55%