The Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding

SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 1992
  • Volume: 52
  • Issue: 3

Additive and nonadditive gene effects for yield and yield components in two crosses of wheat (T. aestivum L.)

  • Author:
  • R. B. Srivastava, S. C. Sharma, M. Yunus
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 297 to 301

Dpeartment of Plant Breeding, C. C. S. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004.

Abstract

Additive gene effects were predominant for most of the traits, though the nonadditive gene effects were also important. Intermating followed by selection would provide better opportunities for generating useful genotypes in wheat.

Keywords

Wheat, yield components, epistasis, additive, dominance