caa a22 4500 477133789 CHVBK 20180405111711.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19971101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1003066613099 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1003066613099 Leaf yield component combining abilities in mulberry (Morus spp.) [Elektronische Daten] [K. Vijayan, S. Chauhan, N.K. Das, S.P. Chakraborti, B.N. Roy] A line × tester analysis was carried out in mulberry (Morus spp.) to determine the genetic interaction in the expression of various quantitative characters including leaf yield. Eight clonal varieties were selected, 3 of them were designated as lines (♀) viz. Berhampore-1, China white and MS-5 and 5 of them were called as testers (♂) viz. Mandalaya, Kosen, Assamjati, MS-1 and Kajli. Combining ability studies were conducted on these parents along with their F1 hybrids for the variables laminar index, growth rate, weight of 100 dry leaves, number of primary branches per plant, plant height, nodal distance, leaf-twig ratio, aerial biomass, moisture content, moisture retention capacity and leaf yield. Broad genetic variability was observed among the genotypes. The ratio of General Combining Ability (GCA) and Specific Combining Ability (SCA) indicated the predominance of non-additive genes in mulberry. While China white (female) and MS-1 (male) were the best general combiners among the parents, Berhampore-1 × Kajli was the best cross for leaf yield. Results suggest that selective crossing followed by proper screening may be the best approach for breeding of high yielding varieties in mulberry. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997 mulberry nationallicence leaf yield nationallicence general combining ability nationallicence specific combining ability nationallicence quantitative inheritance nationallicence Vijayan K. Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Berhampore, 0742 101, West Bengal, India aut Chauhan S. Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Berhampore, 0742 101, West Bengal, India aut Das N.K. Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Berhampore, 0742 101, West Bengal, India aut Chakraborti S.P. Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Berhampore, 0742 101, West Bengal, India aut Roy B.N. Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Berhampore, 0742 101, West Bengal, India aut Euphytica Kluwer Academic Publishers 98/1-2(1997-11-01), 47-52 0014-2336 98:1-2<47 1997 98 10681 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003066613099 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003066613099 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vijayan K. Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Berhampore, 0742 101, West Bengal, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chauhan S. Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Berhampore, 0742 101, West Bengal, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Das N.K. Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Berhampore, 0742 101, West Bengal, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chakraborti S.P. Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Berhampore, 0742 101, West Bengal, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roy B.N. Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Berhampore, 0742 101, West Bengal, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Euphytica Kluwer Academic Publishers 98/1-2(1997-11-01), 47-52 0014-2336 98:1-2<47 1997 98 10681 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer