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Wheat is a thermo-sensitive long day crop. High temperature during reproductive and grain filling... more Wheat is a thermo-sensitive long day crop. High temperature during reproductive and grain filling stages causes significant yield losses to wheat. The characters affecting yield under heat stress are predicted by correlation analysis. In this study 25 germplasm, developed and recommended by the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Beirut and Lebanon were selected for performing genetic analysis and character association study under terminal heat stress. Field emergence, Days to 50% heading, Days to maturity, Plant Height(cm), Number of effective tiller/Plant, Spike length(cm), Biomass(kg), Thousand grain weight(g) and Yield(g/m²) were estimated for genetic parameters. All of the 13 morphological traits were found statistically significantly different among the 25 genotypes. Grain yield was found highest in Terbol followed by 29872(200.33 g/m 2), 29502(154.00 g/m 2) and 29821(147.09 g/m 2).The PCV values were higher than the GCV values in all cases, indicating the influence of the environmental effect on the expression of these characters. Thousand Grain Weight, Relative Water Content and Biomass were found with high heritability coupled with high genetic advance, so selection may be rewarded based on those features.
Indian journal of genetics and plant breeding/Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sep 25, 2023
Traditional small potato cultivars of North Eastern region of India are an important food source,... more Traditional small potato cultivars of North Eastern region of India are an important food source, but no documentation is available regarding their ploidy level and nutritional worth. The study was undertaken to explore these cultivars to determine their ploidy level by flow cytometry method. Fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) based method was used for the analysis of ploidy level and the known diploid potato clone Solanum chacoense was used as the reference clone. The ploidy level of these cultivars was determined by comparing the value of mean peak position of G1 of reference diploid clone with mean peak position of G1 of small potato cultivars. Results indicated that all the 11 small potato cultivars collected from the Northeastern region were tetraploid with an average genome size of 837.38 Mb although they were suspected to be diploid based on the tuber characters and overall plant morphology. These cultivars were characterized by having anthocyanin pigmentation of newly emerged sprouts and eye on tuber, small and narrow leaf, long stolon length (average 7.38 cm) and high number (average 33.90/plant) of very small (average 7.41 g) tubers compared to the commercial potato varieties. However, these cultivars surpassed India's commercial tetraploid potato varieties for dry matter, starch, ascorbic acid, β-carotene and total phenol contents. Appreciably rich nutritional profile coupled with matching levels of ploidy not only enhanced the biodiversity of cultivated potato but also suggested the possibility of utilizing these cultivars in the breeding programme to enhance nutrient and antioxidant contents.
Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, Dec 17, 2023
Vegetos, Mar 19, 2018
Eleven genotypes of rice were evaluated for different yield and its attributing characters. Out o... more Eleven genotypes of rice were evaluated for different yield and its attributing characters. Out of these eight parents were chosen as female and three parents were considered as male. These lines and tester were combined following Line × Tester crossing design to estimate combining abilities (gca effect) of Parentts and crosses (sca effect). Line × Tester analysis confirmed the influence of sca variance on most of the yield related characters which predicted that some characters were predominantly controlled by dominance gene actions with substantial amount of epistatic gene interactions. Some genotypes were found to be high general combiners for yield plant-1 with number of yield related characters like number of grains plant-1 and number of grains panicle-1.
International journal of chemical studies, Oct 1, 2020
Twenty-two diverse onion genotypes were evaluated to study the genetic divergence in kharif onion... more Twenty-two diverse onion genotypes were evaluated to study the genetic divergence in kharif onion during Kharif season at C-block farm, BCKV, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal. All the genotypes were clustered into three groups based on Mahalanobis D 2 statistic. Cluster I comprised of accessions with highest yield, yield related traits and TSS. Cluster II was composed of accessions having highest Total sugar, dry matter, pyruvic acid and phenol content. Cluster III was the largest cluster comprising of accessions having highest polar diameter, neck thickness, days to maturity, bolters and ascorbic acid content. Both total yield and marketable yield together explained almost 85 percent contribution of diversity, whereas the contribution of other traits were only 15 percent.
Legume Research, Apr 10, 2024
Background: French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production in the tropics is threatened by heavy ... more Background: French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production in the tropics is threatened by heavy incidence of anthracnose disease causing substantial crop loss when infected at the early growth stages. Breeding strategies for enhanced productivity, high pod protein content combining resistance to anthracnose disease needs attention and are to be formulated. Methods: Diverse genotypes with broad genetic base and phenotypic diversity in five bush and one pole types were crossed in a 6 6 half diallel mating design to estimate combining ability, mode of gene action and extent of heterosis for 11 quantitative traits. Statistical analyses were done with W indostat (ver. 8.0, Indostat Services, Hyderabad, India). Result: The additive genetic effect was evident for percent disease index (PDI) of anthracnose and ten pod weight. Rapid genetic gain can be achieved due to predominance of additive gene action and can therefore be selected in early generation through simple breeding methods. The remaining economic traits controlled by additive and non-additive gene effects could be improved through biparental mating, reciprocal recurrent selection, or diallel selective mating. Anthracnose disease resistant and high yielding cultivars can be developed utilizing good general combiners viz., Laxmi, Arka Sharath and Vaishnavi-264 with high gca effects. Although two cross combinations Arka Sharath Lakshmi and Arjun Arka Sharath showed significant heterobeltiosis in desired direction for PDI of anthracnose and other desirable horticultural traits but could not be exploited at commercial level due to complexity in hybridization. Identifying pure lines with resistance against anthracnose disease and favourable horticultural attributes could be accomplished in segregating generations of the prospective hybrids.
Journal of Crop and Weed, 2006
Assessment of genetic divergence using Mahalanobis D 2 statistics was carried out among 46 rice g... more Assessment of genetic divergence using Mahalanobis D 2 statistics was carried out among 46 rice genotypes including high yielding local and advanced breeding lines grown in Zn-deficient soil. The genotypes were grouped into seven clusters. Cluster I had the highest number of genotypes (Twenty one) followed by Cluster II (Nineteen) and Cluster V with two genotypes. Other cluster were found to be monogenotypic. Cluster IV showed highest intercluster distance from Cluster VI which was immediately followed by Cluster III and Cluster VII. Highest intracluster distance was observed in Cluster V and lowest in Cluster I. The desirable yield and its contributing traits were distributed mainly in Cluster III followed by Cluster VII and Cluster I. The genotypes within Cluster III, VII and I may be used as parents in hybridization programme to develop high yielding line ideal for Zn-deficient soil.
Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 2019
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is considered as one of the most important cereal crop in the ... more Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is considered as one of the most important cereal crop in the World and fundamental to human cultivation. Development of high yielding genotypes is the focal objective of any wheat breeding programme. Identification of superior genotypes with desirable traits and their consequent use in breeding program and establishment of successful selection criteria can be helpful for successful varietal improvement. The experiment was carried out with 24 wheat genotypes to estimate the genetic variability and association of characters among different genotypes of wheat. Findings indicated that narrow difference was present in respect to GCV and PCV among all the traits which suggested little environmental influence for the expression of different traits in wheat. All the traits showed high heritability. The characters namely plant height, tillers per sq.m, spike length, grains per spike, total chlorophyll content total biomass and harvest index were likely to be governed by additive gene action and early generation of selection would be helpful for improvement of such traits. Out of ten yield attributed components, only harvest index was correlated positively and significantly with grain yield/plant (rP = 0.526; rG = 0.530). Path coefficient analysis revealed that the magnitude of positive direct effect on grain yield per plant was highest through harvest index (1.496 for phenotypic path &1.50 for genotypic path) and biomass content (1.29 for both genotypic and phenotypic path) on grain yield per plant. The present analyses confirmed that harvest index and biomass content emerged as the most important selection indices for enhancing grain yield of wheat.
Legume Research, Oct 22, 2019
In agricultural experimentation, a large number of genotypes are normally evaluated over a wide r... more In agricultural experimentation, a large number of genotypes are normally evaluated over a wide range of environments for delineating stable genotypes. In this study, fifteen dwarf field pea genotypes were evaluated at six diverse locations under three Agro-climatic zones viz., Central zone, North West peninsular zone and North east peninsular zone for the purpose of identifying stable genotypes through deploying the additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) model. The uniqueness of AMMI biplot is to provide comprehensive solution regarding multi-environment evaluation of genotype. In addition to identification of stable genotypes, this approach facilitates effective selection of test environment and allows optimum resource allocation in future testing programme. In the present study from the AMMI biplot and the ASV AMMI stability value (ASV), it was detected that genotypes 6 (Pant-P-345), 12 (KPF-14-50) and 4 (KPMR-940) were the stable genotypes amid the tested genotypes. These identified genotypes with wide adaptation would be valuable treasure troves for the breeder for utilizing as a parent in field pea breeding programme of India.
Environment and Ecology, 2010
International journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management, Jul 31, 2022
Legal restrictions are imposed on the public sharing of raw data. However, authors have full righ... more Legal restrictions are imposed on the public sharing of raw data. However, authors have full right to transfer or share the data in raw form upon request subject to either meeting the conditions of the original consents and the original research study. Further, access of data needs to meet whether the user complies with the ethical and legal obligations as data controllers to allow for secondary use of the data outside of the original study.
![Research paper thumbnail of Breeding mungbean [<i>Vigna radiata</i>(L.) Wilczek] for development of high yielding protein rich lines with low trypsin inhibitor](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/110112150/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](Legume Research, 2015
Genetic diversity among twelve mungbean genotypes was estimated following SDS-PAGE analysis. The ... more Genetic diversity among twelve mungbean genotypes was estimated following SDS-PAGE analysis. The genotypes were also evaluated for their per-se performance on yield, protein content alongwith presence of trypsin inhibitor in seed. The trypsin inhibitor ranged from 1324.26 TIU/g in PDM 54 to 1502 TIU/g in IC 311420. The protein content ranged from 14.31% in IC 325817 to 36.56% PDM 84 143 and yield plant-1 was recorded as low as 2.64g in IC 324036 to as high as 12.46 in IC 333153. PDM 54 was also found to be good yielder. IC 333153, PDM 54 and Hinjalgunj with low trypsin content were crossed with PDM 84143 to develop high yielding protein rich lines with low level of trypsin inhibitor. The hybrid between IC 333153 and PDM 84143 showed high heterosis towards desired direction for all of these three traits.
Current Agriculture Research Journal
For the vast majority of people on earth, wheat is a primary staple food crop. It is one of the m... more For the vast majority of people on earth, wheat is a primary staple food crop. It is one of the most vulnerable crops, the production of which significantly suffers from the harmful effects of climate change. As the predicted increase in global temperature is supposed to jeopardize production, wheat improvement towards heat stress-resilience has gained pivotal importance. The large and complex allohexaploid wheat genome represents a genetic puzzle, where deciphering any trait-genetics is always challenging. Fortunately, the advancement in the ‘omics’ approach has paved the way for solving these issues in a multidisciplinary convergent manner. The approach has significantly contributed towards the complex molecular mechanisms of the heat stress tolerance in wheat. In the recent past, salient attainments have been observed in exploring heat tolerance mechanisms in wheat addressed through omics technologies. All these approaches have identified some of the key regulators behind this co...
![Research paper thumbnail of Estimation of Genetic Parameters and Selection of Parents for Hybridization in Dolichos Bean [Dolichos lablab L.]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/110112102/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, Dec 10, 2017
Twenty three indeterminate genotypes of dolichos bean were evaluated for their genetic variabilit... more Twenty three indeterminate genotypes of dolichos bean were evaluated for their genetic variability, character associationships and genetic divergence among ten quantitative traits. The study revealed significant variation in days to 50 % flowering, pod length, pod width, pod thickness, pod weight, number of pods per plant, leaf width, raceme length and pod yield per plant. Days to 50% flowering, pod weight, number of pods per plant, pod width, pod thickness, pod length and pod yield per plant exhibited high GCV, PCV, heritability and genetic advance as percent of mean indicating that such situation might arise due to the action of additive genes controlling the characters. From study of character associationships, it revealed that the top priority should be given to selection based on the pod weight and number of pods per plant for pod yield improvement of dolichos bean. Based on the relative magnitude of D 2 values, 23 genotypes could meaningfully be grouped into 2 clusters. Based on principal component analysis and average values, three genotypes 2016/DOLP VAR-9, BCDB-10 and 2016/DOLP VAR-4 appeared very promising candidates for utilization in breeding programme to develop improved lines of dolichos bean.
International Journal of Vegetable Science, Dec 26, 2017
ABSTRACT Plant morphology is widely adaptive. Phenotypic differentiation among genotypes reflects... more ABSTRACT Plant morphology is widely adaptive. Phenotypic differentiation among genotypes reflects a balance between natural selection in the local environment, migration of alleles via gene flow, and, at a lower frequency, the acquisition of novel traits through mutation. Teasle gourd [Momordica subangulata Blume subsp. renigera (G. Don) de Wilde] is a rich source of antioxidant vitamins and a raw material for commercial extraction of neutraceuticals. Extensive collection and characterization for evaluation of superior genotypes are important in improvement. The aim of the study was to evaluate genetic diversity of accessions through genetic components analyses, and genetic divergence by multivariate analysis and principal component analysis (PCA). Wide variation occurred for 13 qualitative and 19 quantitative characters. Number of fruit/plant and fruit weight was identified as the most important selection indices for improvement of yield. Based on determination of divergence, the 18 genotypes could be grouped into seven clusters. Geographical diversity was not adequate as an index of genetic diversity. Based on PCA and average values, genotypes “BCTG-1,” “BCTG-2,” and “BCTG-4” possessed optimum combinations of all variables. Inter-mating between these female clones by inducing staminate, or hermaphrodite, flowers with application of growth substances may be an alternative breeding method for teasle gourd. Desirable characters in hybrids as new varieties can be fixed indefinitely through clonal propagation within a short period of time.
![Research paper thumbnail of Performance of some elite mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] mutant families in M7 generation](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/110112031/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](Journal of Crop and Weed, 2009
Gamma ray induced suspected variants from M6 generation of mungbean cv. K851 were evaluated for y... more Gamma ray induced suspected variants from M6 generation of mungbean cv. K851 were evaluated for yield and its attributing traits with estimation for different genetic parameters. Eleven mutant families along with control were considered in the present investigation. The different traits considered were plant height, number of branches per plant, days to first flowering, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, pod length, pod breadth, test weight, harvest index and yield per plant for evaluation of mutant families. Different genotypic parameters like, heritability, genetic advance, phenotypic and genotypic coefficient of variation were also estimated to define the nature of genetic control over the traits. The experiment was laid out in RBD design with three replications during pre kharif 2007. Most of the treatments except, number of branches per plant showed little environmental influence. From the estimation genetic parameters it was found that number of pods per plant,...
Cereal Research Communications
International journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management, Jul 31, 2022
Legal restrictions are imposed on the public sharing of raw data. However, authors have full righ... more Legal restrictions are imposed on the public sharing of raw data. However, authors have full right to transfer or share the data in raw form upon request subject to either meeting the conditions of the original consents and the original research study. Further, access of data needs to meet whether the user complies with the ethical and legal obligations as data controllers to allow for secondary use of the data outside of the original study.
Brazilian Journal of Botany
Wheat is a thermo-sensitive long day crop. High temperature during reproductive and grain filling... more Wheat is a thermo-sensitive long day crop. High temperature during reproductive and grain filling stages causes significant yield losses to wheat. The characters affecting yield under heat stress are predicted by correlation analysis. In this study 25 germplasm, developed and recommended by the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Beirut and Lebanon were selected for performing genetic analysis and character association study under terminal heat stress. Field emergence, Days to 50% heading, Days to maturity, Plant Height(cm), Number of effective tiller/Plant, Spike length(cm), Biomass(kg), Thousand grain weight(g) and Yield(g/m²) were estimated for genetic parameters. All of the 13 morphological traits were found statistically significantly different among the 25 genotypes. Grain yield was found highest in Terbol followed by 29872(200.33 g/m 2), 29502(154.00 g/m 2) and 29821(147.09 g/m 2).The PCV values were higher than the GCV values in all cases, indicating the influence of the environmental effect on the expression of these characters. Thousand Grain Weight, Relative Water Content and Biomass were found with high heritability coupled with high genetic advance, so selection may be rewarded based on those features.
Indian journal of genetics and plant breeding/Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sep 25, 2023
Traditional small potato cultivars of North Eastern region of India are an important food source,... more Traditional small potato cultivars of North Eastern region of India are an important food source, but no documentation is available regarding their ploidy level and nutritional worth. The study was undertaken to explore these cultivars to determine their ploidy level by flow cytometry method. Fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) based method was used for the analysis of ploidy level and the known diploid potato clone Solanum chacoense was used as the reference clone. The ploidy level of these cultivars was determined by comparing the value of mean peak position of G1 of reference diploid clone with mean peak position of G1 of small potato cultivars. Results indicated that all the 11 small potato cultivars collected from the Northeastern region were tetraploid with an average genome size of 837.38 Mb although they were suspected to be diploid based on the tuber characters and overall plant morphology. These cultivars were characterized by having anthocyanin pigmentation of newly emerged sprouts and eye on tuber, small and narrow leaf, long stolon length (average 7.38 cm) and high number (average 33.90/plant) of very small (average 7.41 g) tubers compared to the commercial potato varieties. However, these cultivars surpassed India's commercial tetraploid potato varieties for dry matter, starch, ascorbic acid, β-carotene and total phenol contents. Appreciably rich nutritional profile coupled with matching levels of ploidy not only enhanced the biodiversity of cultivated potato but also suggested the possibility of utilizing these cultivars in the breeding programme to enhance nutrient and antioxidant contents.
Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, Dec 17, 2023
Vegetos, Mar 19, 2018
Eleven genotypes of rice were evaluated for different yield and its attributing characters. Out o... more Eleven genotypes of rice were evaluated for different yield and its attributing characters. Out of these eight parents were chosen as female and three parents were considered as male. These lines and tester were combined following Line × Tester crossing design to estimate combining abilities (gca effect) of Parentts and crosses (sca effect). Line × Tester analysis confirmed the influence of sca variance on most of the yield related characters which predicted that some characters were predominantly controlled by dominance gene actions with substantial amount of epistatic gene interactions. Some genotypes were found to be high general combiners for yield plant-1 with number of yield related characters like number of grains plant-1 and number of grains panicle-1.
International journal of chemical studies, Oct 1, 2020
Twenty-two diverse onion genotypes were evaluated to study the genetic divergence in kharif onion... more Twenty-two diverse onion genotypes were evaluated to study the genetic divergence in kharif onion during Kharif season at C-block farm, BCKV, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal. All the genotypes were clustered into three groups based on Mahalanobis D 2 statistic. Cluster I comprised of accessions with highest yield, yield related traits and TSS. Cluster II was composed of accessions having highest Total sugar, dry matter, pyruvic acid and phenol content. Cluster III was the largest cluster comprising of accessions having highest polar diameter, neck thickness, days to maturity, bolters and ascorbic acid content. Both total yield and marketable yield together explained almost 85 percent contribution of diversity, whereas the contribution of other traits were only 15 percent.
Legume Research, Apr 10, 2024
Background: French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production in the tropics is threatened by heavy ... more Background: French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production in the tropics is threatened by heavy incidence of anthracnose disease causing substantial crop loss when infected at the early growth stages. Breeding strategies for enhanced productivity, high pod protein content combining resistance to anthracnose disease needs attention and are to be formulated. Methods: Diverse genotypes with broad genetic base and phenotypic diversity in five bush and one pole types were crossed in a 6 6 half diallel mating design to estimate combining ability, mode of gene action and extent of heterosis for 11 quantitative traits. Statistical analyses were done with W indostat (ver. 8.0, Indostat Services, Hyderabad, India). Result: The additive genetic effect was evident for percent disease index (PDI) of anthracnose and ten pod weight. Rapid genetic gain can be achieved due to predominance of additive gene action and can therefore be selected in early generation through simple breeding methods. The remaining economic traits controlled by additive and non-additive gene effects could be improved through biparental mating, reciprocal recurrent selection, or diallel selective mating. Anthracnose disease resistant and high yielding cultivars can be developed utilizing good general combiners viz., Laxmi, Arka Sharath and Vaishnavi-264 with high gca effects. Although two cross combinations Arka Sharath Lakshmi and Arjun Arka Sharath showed significant heterobeltiosis in desired direction for PDI of anthracnose and other desirable horticultural traits but could not be exploited at commercial level due to complexity in hybridization. Identifying pure lines with resistance against anthracnose disease and favourable horticultural attributes could be accomplished in segregating generations of the prospective hybrids.
Journal of Crop and Weed, 2006
Assessment of genetic divergence using Mahalanobis D 2 statistics was carried out among 46 rice g... more Assessment of genetic divergence using Mahalanobis D 2 statistics was carried out among 46 rice genotypes including high yielding local and advanced breeding lines grown in Zn-deficient soil. The genotypes were grouped into seven clusters. Cluster I had the highest number of genotypes (Twenty one) followed by Cluster II (Nineteen) and Cluster V with two genotypes. Other cluster were found to be monogenotypic. Cluster IV showed highest intercluster distance from Cluster VI which was immediately followed by Cluster III and Cluster VII. Highest intracluster distance was observed in Cluster V and lowest in Cluster I. The desirable yield and its contributing traits were distributed mainly in Cluster III followed by Cluster VII and Cluster I. The genotypes within Cluster III, VII and I may be used as parents in hybridization programme to develop high yielding line ideal for Zn-deficient soil.
Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 2019
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is considered as one of the most important cereal crop in the ... more Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is considered as one of the most important cereal crop in the World and fundamental to human cultivation. Development of high yielding genotypes is the focal objective of any wheat breeding programme. Identification of superior genotypes with desirable traits and their consequent use in breeding program and establishment of successful selection criteria can be helpful for successful varietal improvement. The experiment was carried out with 24 wheat genotypes to estimate the genetic variability and association of characters among different genotypes of wheat. Findings indicated that narrow difference was present in respect to GCV and PCV among all the traits which suggested little environmental influence for the expression of different traits in wheat. All the traits showed high heritability. The characters namely plant height, tillers per sq.m, spike length, grains per spike, total chlorophyll content total biomass and harvest index were likely to be governed by additive gene action and early generation of selection would be helpful for improvement of such traits. Out of ten yield attributed components, only harvest index was correlated positively and significantly with grain yield/plant (rP = 0.526; rG = 0.530). Path coefficient analysis revealed that the magnitude of positive direct effect on grain yield per plant was highest through harvest index (1.496 for phenotypic path &1.50 for genotypic path) and biomass content (1.29 for both genotypic and phenotypic path) on grain yield per plant. The present analyses confirmed that harvest index and biomass content emerged as the most important selection indices for enhancing grain yield of wheat.
Legume Research, Oct 22, 2019
In agricultural experimentation, a large number of genotypes are normally evaluated over a wide r... more In agricultural experimentation, a large number of genotypes are normally evaluated over a wide range of environments for delineating stable genotypes. In this study, fifteen dwarf field pea genotypes were evaluated at six diverse locations under three Agro-climatic zones viz., Central zone, North West peninsular zone and North east peninsular zone for the purpose of identifying stable genotypes through deploying the additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) model. The uniqueness of AMMI biplot is to provide comprehensive solution regarding multi-environment evaluation of genotype. In addition to identification of stable genotypes, this approach facilitates effective selection of test environment and allows optimum resource allocation in future testing programme. In the present study from the AMMI biplot and the ASV AMMI stability value (ASV), it was detected that genotypes 6 (Pant-P-345), 12 (KPF-14-50) and 4 (KPMR-940) were the stable genotypes amid the tested genotypes. These identified genotypes with wide adaptation would be valuable treasure troves for the breeder for utilizing as a parent in field pea breeding programme of India.
Environment and Ecology, 2010
International journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management, Jul 31, 2022
Legal restrictions are imposed on the public sharing of raw data. However, authors have full righ... more Legal restrictions are imposed on the public sharing of raw data. However, authors have full right to transfer or share the data in raw form upon request subject to either meeting the conditions of the original consents and the original research study. Further, access of data needs to meet whether the user complies with the ethical and legal obligations as data controllers to allow for secondary use of the data outside of the original study.
Legume Research, 2015
Genetic diversity among twelve mungbean genotypes was estimated following SDS-PAGE analysis. The ... more Genetic diversity among twelve mungbean genotypes was estimated following SDS-PAGE analysis. The genotypes were also evaluated for their per-se performance on yield, protein content alongwith presence of trypsin inhibitor in seed. The trypsin inhibitor ranged from 1324.26 TIU/g in PDM 54 to 1502 TIU/g in IC 311420. The protein content ranged from 14.31% in IC 325817 to 36.56% PDM 84 143 and yield plant-1 was recorded as low as 2.64g in IC 324036 to as high as 12.46 in IC 333153. PDM 54 was also found to be good yielder. IC 333153, PDM 54 and Hinjalgunj with low trypsin content were crossed with PDM 84143 to develop high yielding protein rich lines with low level of trypsin inhibitor. The hybrid between IC 333153 and PDM 84143 showed high heterosis towards desired direction for all of these three traits.
Current Agriculture Research Journal
For the vast majority of people on earth, wheat is a primary staple food crop. It is one of the m... more For the vast majority of people on earth, wheat is a primary staple food crop. It is one of the most vulnerable crops, the production of which significantly suffers from the harmful effects of climate change. As the predicted increase in global temperature is supposed to jeopardize production, wheat improvement towards heat stress-resilience has gained pivotal importance. The large and complex allohexaploid wheat genome represents a genetic puzzle, where deciphering any trait-genetics is always challenging. Fortunately, the advancement in the ‘omics’ approach has paved the way for solving these issues in a multidisciplinary convergent manner. The approach has significantly contributed towards the complex molecular mechanisms of the heat stress tolerance in wheat. In the recent past, salient attainments have been observed in exploring heat tolerance mechanisms in wheat addressed through omics technologies. All these approaches have identified some of the key regulators behind this co...
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, Dec 10, 2017
Twenty three indeterminate genotypes of dolichos bean were evaluated for their genetic variabilit... more Twenty three indeterminate genotypes of dolichos bean were evaluated for their genetic variability, character associationships and genetic divergence among ten quantitative traits. The study revealed significant variation in days to 50 % flowering, pod length, pod width, pod thickness, pod weight, number of pods per plant, leaf width, raceme length and pod yield per plant. Days to 50% flowering, pod weight, number of pods per plant, pod width, pod thickness, pod length and pod yield per plant exhibited high GCV, PCV, heritability and genetic advance as percent of mean indicating that such situation might arise due to the action of additive genes controlling the characters. From study of character associationships, it revealed that the top priority should be given to selection based on the pod weight and number of pods per plant for pod yield improvement of dolichos bean. Based on the relative magnitude of D 2 values, 23 genotypes could meaningfully be grouped into 2 clusters. Based on principal component analysis and average values, three genotypes 2016/DOLP VAR-9, BCDB-10 and 2016/DOLP VAR-4 appeared very promising candidates for utilization in breeding programme to develop improved lines of dolichos bean.
International Journal of Vegetable Science, Dec 26, 2017
ABSTRACT Plant morphology is widely adaptive. Phenotypic differentiation among genotypes reflects... more ABSTRACT Plant morphology is widely adaptive. Phenotypic differentiation among genotypes reflects a balance between natural selection in the local environment, migration of alleles via gene flow, and, at a lower frequency, the acquisition of novel traits through mutation. Teasle gourd [Momordica subangulata Blume subsp. renigera (G. Don) de Wilde] is a rich source of antioxidant vitamins and a raw material for commercial extraction of neutraceuticals. Extensive collection and characterization for evaluation of superior genotypes are important in improvement. The aim of the study was to evaluate genetic diversity of accessions through genetic components analyses, and genetic divergence by multivariate analysis and principal component analysis (PCA). Wide variation occurred for 13 qualitative and 19 quantitative characters. Number of fruit/plant and fruit weight was identified as the most important selection indices for improvement of yield. Based on determination of divergence, the 18 genotypes could be grouped into seven clusters. Geographical diversity was not adequate as an index of genetic diversity. Based on PCA and average values, genotypes “BCTG-1,” “BCTG-2,” and “BCTG-4” possessed optimum combinations of all variables. Inter-mating between these female clones by inducing staminate, or hermaphrodite, flowers with application of growth substances may be an alternative breeding method for teasle gourd. Desirable characters in hybrids as new varieties can be fixed indefinitely through clonal propagation within a short period of time.
Journal of Crop and Weed, 2009
Gamma ray induced suspected variants from M6 generation of mungbean cv. K851 were evaluated for y... more Gamma ray induced suspected variants from M6 generation of mungbean cv. K851 were evaluated for yield and its attributing traits with estimation for different genetic parameters. Eleven mutant families along with control were considered in the present investigation. The different traits considered were plant height, number of branches per plant, days to first flowering, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, pod length, pod breadth, test weight, harvest index and yield per plant for evaluation of mutant families. Different genotypic parameters like, heritability, genetic advance, phenotypic and genotypic coefficient of variation were also estimated to define the nature of genetic control over the traits. The experiment was laid out in RBD design with three replications during pre kharif 2007. Most of the treatments except, number of branches per plant showed little environmental influence. From the estimation genetic parameters it was found that number of pods per plant,...
Cereal Research Communications
International journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management, Jul 31, 2022
Legal restrictions are imposed on the public sharing of raw data. However, authors have full righ... more Legal restrictions are imposed on the public sharing of raw data. However, authors have full right to transfer or share the data in raw form upon request subject to either meeting the conditions of the original consents and the original research study. Further, access of data needs to meet whether the user complies with the ethical and legal obligations as data controllers to allow for secondary use of the data outside of the original study.
Brazilian Journal of Botany