Department of Plant Breeding and Gentics, Rajasthan College of Agriculture Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajsthan)
Online published on 20 September, 2012.
Six parents and their all possible crosses (excluding reciprocals) of desi chickpea were grown at experimental farm of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan). This experiment was conducted in random block design with three replication and estimate heterosis for 11 yield and yield related traits. The experimental result for heterosis revealed that out of 15 hybrids, seven hybrids recorded significant positive heterosis for yield per plant, five and eleven hybrids recorded significant positive heterobeltiosis and economic heterosis for yield per plant, respectively. The cross KWR-l08 X DCP-92-3 showed the highest magnitude of heterosis and heterbeltiosis for yield per plant, biological yield and 100 grain weight. The cross IPC-94-19 X IPC-94-94 showed highest significant positive economic heterosis for yield perplant, biological yield and pod per plant.
