Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
AK Jawarkar, VS Kale, PK Nagre, AM Sonkamble, PV Jadhav and HH Dikey

Abstract:
The study included two checks, Arka Harita and Arka Swetha, three lines (females), six testers (males), and the resulting 18 hybrids. The following parental lines seeds were collected from the NBPGR in New Delhi and the Instructional farm of the faculty of horticulture at Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth in Akola. These parents were crossed in Line × tester design to produce 18 hybrids.The observations were recorded on nine different characters with view to study the heterosis, for yield and yield contributing characters.The cross combinations AKC -1-5 X IC- 362026, AKC -1-5 X IC- 362020, AKC -1-5 X IC- 537598, AKC -1-5 X GT-1-1 and Jayanti X IC – 572486 were identified as a potential crosses on the basis of average heterosis, heterobeltiosis and standard heterosis, which were also manifested heterotic effects for growth, earliness and quality traits and for leaf curl incidence the cross combinations AKC -1-5 X IC-572498, AKC -1-5 X GT-1-1, AKC -2-8-2 X IC- 362026, Jayanti X IC-572498 and Jayanti X IC – 362020 show the high heterotic percent.