Assessment of gene action association involved with economic traits of black carrot (Daucus carota)

Carrots (Daucus carota L.) are rich sources of vitamins, phytonutrients, bioactive compounds and health promotingproperties. Recent increased awareness of nutritional security has resulted in a dramatic increase in carrot consumption,necessitating increased carrot production by farmers and growers....

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Main Authors: RAMAN SELVAKUMAR, D C MANJUNATHAGOWDA, PRITAM KALIA, R S RAJE
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Published: Indian Council of Agricultural Research 2021-12-01
Series:The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
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Online Access:https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/118531
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author RAMAN SELVAKUMAR
D C MANJUNATHAGOWDA
PRITAM KALIA
R S RAJE
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description Carrots (Daucus carota L.) are rich sources of vitamins, phytonutrients, bioactive compounds and health promotingproperties. Recent increased awareness of nutritional security has resulted in a dramatic increase in carrot consumption,necessitating increased carrot production by farmers and growers. Understanding the genetic design of economictraits including root length, root weight, root diameter, core diameter, and flesh thickness, as well as developing anappropriate breeding plan for these traits, will help accomplish those ambitious goals. Gene action experiments wereconducted at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute during 2012–15 in order to estimate the type and magnitudeof gene action in order to develop a breeding strategy for recognizing segregants with desirable horticultural traits.Four inbred lines such as Pusa Asita, Pusa Rudhira, Pusa Kulfi, Pusa Meghali were used to develop three crosses, viz.Pusa Asita × Pusa Kulfi, Pusa Asita × Pusa Meghali, Pusa Asita × Pusa Rudhira to achieve the objectives. The findingsconfirmed that the exact composition of gene effects varied through crosses and demonstrated the role of additiveas well as non-additive gene effects in the inheritance of different traits, with a preponderance of the latter. Due tothe parallel function of complementary gene effects, non-epistatic gene interactions for economic yield contributingtraits have been found; thus, hybrid exploitation could be efficiently used by heterosis breeding by using favourablepositive [h] and [l] gene interaction and effects. This genetic information is more helpful to formulate suitable breedingmethodology for identifying the segregants with desirable horticultural traits.
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spelling doaj.art-a3431dd08c5547d78788506e6d1f8eb92023-02-08T11:18:25ZengIndian Council of Agricultural ResearchThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences0019-50222394-33192021-12-01911110.56093/ijas.v91i11.118531Assessment of gene action association involved with economic traits of black carrot (Daucus carota)RAMAN SELVAKUMAR0D C MANJUNATHAGOWDA1PRITAM KALIA2R S RAJE3ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IndiaICAR-Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research, Rajgurunagar, Pune, MaharashtraICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IndiaICAR-Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research, Rajgurunagar, Pune, MaharashtraCarrots (Daucus carota L.) are rich sources of vitamins, phytonutrients, bioactive compounds and health promotingproperties. Recent increased awareness of nutritional security has resulted in a dramatic increase in carrot consumption,necessitating increased carrot production by farmers and growers. Understanding the genetic design of economictraits including root length, root weight, root diameter, core diameter, and flesh thickness, as well as developing anappropriate breeding plan for these traits, will help accomplish those ambitious goals. Gene action experiments wereconducted at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute during 2012–15 in order to estimate the type and magnitudeof gene action in order to develop a breeding strategy for recognizing segregants with desirable horticultural traits.Four inbred lines such as Pusa Asita, Pusa Rudhira, Pusa Kulfi, Pusa Meghali were used to develop three crosses, viz.Pusa Asita × Pusa Kulfi, Pusa Asita × Pusa Meghali, Pusa Asita × Pusa Rudhira to achieve the objectives. The findingsconfirmed that the exact composition of gene effects varied through crosses and demonstrated the role of additiveas well as non-additive gene effects in the inheritance of different traits, with a preponderance of the latter. Due tothe parallel function of complementary gene effects, non-epistatic gene interactions for economic yield contributingtraits have been found; thus, hybrid exploitation could be efficiently used by heterosis breeding by using favourablepositive [h] and [l] gene interaction and effects. This genetic information is more helpful to formulate suitable breedingmethodology for identifying the segregants with desirable horticultural traits.https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/118531AdditiveCarrotDominanceGeneHybrid
spellingShingle RAMAN SELVAKUMAR
D C MANJUNATHAGOWDA
PRITAM KALIA
R S RAJE
Assessment of gene action association involved with economic traits of black carrot (Daucus carota)
The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Additive
Carrot
Dominance
Gene
Hybrid
title Assessment of gene action association involved with economic traits of black carrot (Daucus carota)
title_full Assessment of gene action association involved with economic traits of black carrot (Daucus carota)
title_fullStr Assessment of gene action association involved with economic traits of black carrot (Daucus carota)
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of gene action association involved with economic traits of black carrot (Daucus carota)
title_short Assessment of gene action association involved with economic traits of black carrot (Daucus carota)
title_sort assessment of gene action association involved with economic traits of black carrot daucus carota
topic Additive
Carrot
Dominance
Gene
Hybrid
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