Combining ability analysis was carried out by the procedure suggested by (1). Seven diverse parents namely KS-313, KS-375, KS-405, KS-410, KS-412, Bo-2 and Azad Ganga. Seven parents diallel set excluding reciprocals was made. The general and specific combining ability variances were highly significant for all the characters under study except for fruit in both F1 and F2 generations. Parent KS-375 showed highly general combining ability effect for all the characters except length and width of fruit in F1 and F2 and plant height and number of branches per plant in F2 population. Parents KS-313 for days to flowering: Azad Ganga for plant height; KS-405 for number of branches per plant; KS-375, BO-2 and KS-313 for length of internode; KS-410 for length of fruit, Azad Ganga for width of fruit; KS-375 for number of fruits pr plant and KS-375 and KS-410 of fruits per plant (fruit yield per plant) were found desirable on the basis on the basis of per se performance and general combining ability effect.
Okra, Combining ability, diallel, monadelphous, interalletic, intrallelic condition
