caa a22 4500 445324406 CHVBK 20180317142715.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10681-011-0390-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10681-011-0390-5 Inheritance of traits associated with seed size in groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L.) [Elektronische Daten] [R. Venuprasad, R. Aruna, S. Nigam] Inheritance of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) seed traits particularly seed weight, seed length, seed width and length:width ratio was explored in this study. Six-generation mean analysis was carried with two groundnut crosses and their reciprocals in 2years. Groundnut genotypes significantly differing in seed sizes were used as parents. Highly significant reciprocal differences were observed for almost all the traits in F1, F2, and BC generations. Additive genetic effects were highly significant and explained majority of the variation in these traits. Results suggest that the seed size traits studied in this study were controlled both by combination of both maternal and nuclear gene effects. All the four seed traits measured were highly correlated suggesting that they could be simultaneously improved. Significance of additive effect in all the four crosses suggests that effective selection for seed size traits could be practiced in early generations. In breeding program for confectionary traits it is essential to include a large-seeded genotype as the female parent to exploit the maternal effects. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Arachis hypogaea L nationallicence Confectionary nationallicence Seed size nationallicence Maternal effect nationallicence Groundnut breeding nationallicence Venuprasad R. ICRISAT Center, 502 324, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India aut Aruna R. ICRISAT Center, 502 324, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India aut Nigam S. ICRISAT Center, 502 324, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India aut Euphytica Springer Netherlands 181/2(2011-09-01), 169-177 0014-2336 181:2<169 2011 181 10681 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-011-0390-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-011-0390-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Venuprasad R. ICRISAT Center, 502 324, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aruna R. ICRISAT Center, 502 324, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nigam S. ICRISAT Center, 502 324, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Euphytica Springer Netherlands 181/2(2011-09-01), 169-177 0014-2336 181:2<169 2011 181 10681 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer