Genetic variability and correlation among yield and quality traits in sweet corn

The 45 hybrids generated by half diallel mating design using ten inbred lines of sweet corn were evaluated at IARI, New Delhi during kharif-2008. There were significant differences with respect to all the studied yield and biochemical attributes. High genotypic and phenotypic variance were recorded...

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Main Author: M C Dagla, R N Gadag, O P Sharma And Narendra Kumar
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Language:English
Published: Indian Society of Plant Breeders 2015-06-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding
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Online Access:https://sites.google.com/site/ejpb2014/vol-6-2/EJPB_V6_N2-500-505-081214-18.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1
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description The 45 hybrids generated by half diallel mating design using ten inbred lines of sweet corn were evaluated at IARI, New Delhi during kharif-2008. There were significant differences with respect to all the studied yield and biochemical attributes. High genotypic and phenotypic variance were recorded by plant height, cob placement height, grain rows cob-1, hundred grains weight, grain yield and starch content. The difference between genotypic coefficient of variation and phenotypic coefficient of variation was less for all the traits, indicating that improvement is possible through phenotypic selection. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance for cobs plant-1, reducing, non-reducing and total sugars and oil contents, suggests that selection may be effective for these traits. The yield attributing traits showed the high heritability, but low genetic advance indicating non-additive gene action. High genotypic positive correlation was observed between flowering and maturity days, indicates that selection for earliness can be done on the basis of these traits simultaneously. Cob length and grains row-1 showed the positive correlation. There was no strong correlation between yield attributes and biochemical parameters. There was positive correlation between; non-reducing sugar - total sugars, non-reducing sugar - oil content and total sugars - oil content which indicates that sugar content and oil content both can be increased simultaneously by the selection programme.
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spelling doaj.art-8fba4bec363d4e5384dc0fb3bd43400c2022-12-21T19:58:42ZengIndian Society of Plant BreedersElectronic Journal of Plant Breeding0975-928X2015-06-0162500505Genetic variability and correlation among yield and quality traits in sweet cornM C Dagla, R N Gadag, O P Sharma And Narendra KumarThe 45 hybrids generated by half diallel mating design using ten inbred lines of sweet corn were evaluated at IARI, New Delhi during kharif-2008. There were significant differences with respect to all the studied yield and biochemical attributes. High genotypic and phenotypic variance were recorded by plant height, cob placement height, grain rows cob-1, hundred grains weight, grain yield and starch content. The difference between genotypic coefficient of variation and phenotypic coefficient of variation was less for all the traits, indicating that improvement is possible through phenotypic selection. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance for cobs plant-1, reducing, non-reducing and total sugars and oil contents, suggests that selection may be effective for these traits. The yield attributing traits showed the high heritability, but low genetic advance indicating non-additive gene action. High genotypic positive correlation was observed between flowering and maturity days, indicates that selection for earliness can be done on the basis of these traits simultaneously. Cob length and grains row-1 showed the positive correlation. There was no strong correlation between yield attributes and biochemical parameters. There was positive correlation between; non-reducing sugar - total sugars, non-reducing sugar - oil content and total sugars - oil content which indicates that sugar content and oil content both can be increased simultaneously by the selection programme.https://sites.google.com/site/ejpb2014/vol-6-2/EJPB_V6_N2-500-505-081214-18.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1Sweet corngenetic variabilitycorrelationyield
spellingShingle M C Dagla, R N Gadag, O P Sharma And Narendra Kumar
Genetic variability and correlation among yield and quality traits in sweet corn
Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding
Sweet corn
genetic variability
correlation
yield
title Genetic variability and correlation among yield and quality traits in sweet corn
title_full Genetic variability and correlation among yield and quality traits in sweet corn
title_fullStr Genetic variability and correlation among yield and quality traits in sweet corn
title_full_unstemmed Genetic variability and correlation among yield and quality traits in sweet corn
title_short Genetic variability and correlation among yield and quality traits in sweet corn
title_sort genetic variability and correlation among yield and quality traits in sweet corn
topic Sweet corn
genetic variability
correlation
yield
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