Combining ability analysis for yield and it’s components in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Abstract

Combining ability studies were carried out through a line x tester design cross for eleven important quantitative traits. Variance due to general combining ability and specific combining ability were significant for all the characters. Phule Vikram, PDKV Kanchan, AKG -1303 among the lines and JCP-101 among the testers were found to possess significant GCA effects for most of the yield contributing characters. A cross PDKV Kanchan × GJG-0814 showed high significant SCA effects for days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, plant height, no. of primary branches per plant, 100 seed weight and no. of seed per pod. This cross may be exploited by heterosis breeding.