Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Maksima Gorkog 30, 21000 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.
The general and specific combining ability of seven inbred sunflower lines, and gene effects for kernel content, oil content in seed,and seed yield per plant were tested. Additive and nonadditive gene effects had important function in the inheritance of all three traits. However, the genes with additive effect are predominant in the inheritance of kernel content and oil content in seed, while genes which have nonadditive effect are predominant in the inheritance of seed yield per plant. The best general combiners for kernel content, oil content in seed, and seed yield/plant are the inbred lines L-3 and L-4.
Sunflower, inbred lines, combining ability, additive and nonadditive gene effect
