Change Language
Editorial Info.
Newsletters
Advertisements
|
Greener Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science Vol. 9(1), pp. 8-18, 2021 ISSN: 2354-2292 Copyright ©2021, the copyright of this article is retained by the author(s)
|
|
Generation mean analysis for harvest and leaf-yield indices in Cowpea
1,3Akombo, R.A.; 2Adeyemo, M.O.; 3Odo, P.E.; 3Vange, T.
1 (Department of Crop Production Technology, Akperan Orshi Polytechnic Yandev, PMB 181 Gboko, Njgeria).
2(Department of Crop Production, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, PMB 2373 Makurdi, Njgeria).
1,3(Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Science, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, 2373 Makurdi, Njgeria).
|
ARTICLE INFO |
ABSTRACT |
|
Article No.: 080121072 Type: Research
|
Genetic studies of dual-purpose traits in cowpea was carried out at Teaching and Research Farm of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Nigeria. The objective of the study was to understand the gene action controlling harvest and leaf-yield indices in cowpea and to identify the most appropriate breeding strategies for improving these traits. Six generations viz: P1, P2, F1, F2, BC1 and BC2 constituted the experimental material. They were grown in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. Data were obtained on Seed yield, dry leaf weight at maturity, total biomass, biological yield, leaf-yield index, harvest index. Statistical analyses conducted included analysis of variance, scaling tests and gene effects, heritability and genetic advance under selection. Significant variation existed among the generations in the two crosses for all the traits indicating sufficient diversity for those traits. Non-allelic interactions along with additive and dominant components played pertinent role in the determination of various characters in cowpea. Inheritance of all traits studied in both crosses were governed by duplicate gene action except for biological yield in Cross II where it was governed by complementary gene action. Selection in later generation for duplicate gene action is recommended. Moderate to high heritability and genetic advance exhibited by most of the traits indicated that heritability was due to additive gene effect. The presence of both additive and non-additive gene effects, moderate to high heritability coupled with moderate/high expected genetic advance in inheritance of most of the traits, suggest that pureline method of breeding could be employed. Breeding methods involving crossing like biparental, pureline breeding, mass selection, that take care of both additive and non-additive gene action should be adopted for improvement of various characters studied. |
|
Accepted: 03/08/2021 Published: 06/09/2021 |
|
|
*Corresponding Author Akombo, R.A. E-mail: akomborich@ yahoo.com Phone: +2348038289185 |
|
|
Keywords: heritability; genetic advance; generation mean analysis; duplicate gene action; complimentary gene action. |
|
|
|
|
Return to Content View [Full Article - PDF] | Post-Publication Peer-review Rundown View/get involved, click [Peer-review] |
REFERENCES
Adeyanju AO, Ishiyaku MF, Echekwu CA and Olarewaju JD (2012). Generation mean analysis of dual purpose traits in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp). African J. Biotech. 11(46): 10473-10483
Akhshi N, Cheghamirza K, Nazarian FF and Ahmadi H (2014). Generation mean analysis for yield components in common bean. Iranian J. Plant Physiol. 4(3): 1079-1085.
Anbumalarmathi J (2005). Genetic analysis for drought tolerance and yield component traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Ph.D. Thesis, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.
Aremu CO and Adewale BD (2010). Heterosis and phenolic performance in a selected cross of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) for humid environment performance. Agric. Res. 5(5): 292-296.
Ayo-Vaughan MA, Ariyo OJ and Aleke CO (2013). Combining ability and genetic components for pod and seed traits in cowpea line. Indian J. Agron. 3(10): 73-7.
Bajaj RK and Phul PS (1982). Heterotic response for harvest index in pearl millet. Indian J. Agri. Sci. 52:285–288.
Bhatt GM (1976). Variation of harvest index in several wheat crosses. Euphytica 25:41–50
Deepasankar P, Subbarama N and Lakshmi N S (2008). Heterosis, combining ability and gene action studies in TGMS based rice hybrids under normal and salt affected environments. Indian J. Agric. Res. 42(3): 177-182.
FAOStat (2017). FAOSTAT, Statistical data base. Rome: Food and Agricultural Organizations of the United Nations. Visited on 15/08/2017.
Gravois KA and McNew RW (1993). Combining ability and heterosis in U.S. Southern Long grain rice. Crop Sci. 33(1): 83-86.
Gupta US (1986). Improving productivity: Harvest index as a criterion. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Agricultural Society of Nigeria, September 1−3, 1986, at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Hall AE, Singh BB and Ehlers JD (1997). Cowpea breeding. In Plant Breeding Reviews, ed. Jules Janick, 215–274. New York. John Wiley & Sons, p. 215–274.
Haque AFMM, Samad MA, Saker N. Saker JK, Azad AK and Deb AC (2013). Genetic effects of some agronomic traits through single cross analysis in blackgram (Vigna mungo L. Hepper), Int. J. Bios. 2(6): 220-225.
Hayman BI (1958). The separation of epistasis from additive and dominance variation in generation means. Heredity, 12:371-390.
Hayman BI and Mather K (1955). The description of genic interactions in continuous variation. Biometrics 11 (1): 69 – 82.
, , , and (2017). Pharmacological activities of Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp: A review. Int. J. R.J. Pharma and Chem. Research. 3: 44-49.
Imrie BC, and Butler KL (1983). Joint contribution of individual plant attributes toseed yield of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) in small pots. Field Crops Res. 6:161–170.
Kahn BA and Soffella PJ (1985). Yield components of cowpea grown in two environments. Crop Sci. 25:179–182
Iqbal J (2015). Appraisal of gene action for interminate growth in mungbean [(Vignaraiate (L.) Wilczek]. Frontiers in Plant Sci. 6: 253-268.
Jinks J L and Jones RM (1958). Estimation of the components of heterosis. Genetics, 43: 223-234.
Johnson HW. Robinson HF and Comstock RE (1955). Genotypic and phenotypic correlations in soybean and their implications in selection. Agron. J. 47: 477-483.
Khan M G, Ahmad W, Khattak GSS, Siraj U D and Ahmad H (2007). Studies on detection on epistasis and estimates of gene effects for secondary yield characters in Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) Sarhad J. Agric. 23 (4): 1013 -1017.
Kumar B.L Singh D. , Bhahanushally TB and Koli NR (20 13). Gene effects for yield and yield components in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Under Irrigated and Rainfed Conditions. J. Agric. Sci. 5 (3): 1-13.
Kumar, SB and Prakash M (2010). Generation mean analysis of seed protein architect in Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek)]. Int. J. Curr. Res. 3: 17-19.
Kyu KL (2011). Studies on hybrid vigour and inbreeding depression in CMS-based pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh] hybrids. M.Sc. (Agri.) Thesis, ANGRAU, Hyderabad.
Muthuvijayaragavan R and Murugan E (2017). Generation Mean Analysis for Yield and Salinity Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. (2017) 6(9): 2249-2257
Noubissie JBT, Youmbi E, Njintang NY, Alladoum A N, Nguimbou, MR and Bell JM (2011). Genetic architecture of some leaf yield and quality attributes in dual-purpose cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] American J. Exp. Agric. 1(4): 400-413.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (2016). Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), In: Safety Assessment of Transgenic Organism in Environment consensus documents, OECD Publishing, Paris, Pp. 211-241.
Pathak AR (2015). Generation mean analysis for grain yield and yield components in cowpea. Ph.D. Thesis submitted to Navsari Agricultural University, Gujarat, India.
Rashwan AMA (2010). Estimation of some genetic parameters using six populations of two cowpea hybrids. Asian J. Crop Sci. 2: 261-267.
Rehman AU, Ali MA, Atta BM, Abbas, A and Mallahi, AR (2009). Genetic studies of yield related traits in mung bean [(Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek)]. Australian J. Crop Sci. 3 (6): 352-360.
Robinson H F, Comstock RE and Harvey PH (1949). Estimates of heritability and degree of dominance in corn. Agron. J. 41: 253-259.
Rogbell JE, and Subbaraman N (1997). Heterosis and combining ability analysis in rice. Crop Res. 13(1): 143-150.
Santos CAF, Costa DCC, Silva RW and Boiteux LS (2012). Genetic analysis of total seed protein content in two cowpea crosses. Crop Res. 52: 2501-2505.
Sarode SB, Singh, MN and Singh UP (2009). Genetic analysis of yield and yield components in long duration pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan (L) Millsp.]. Int. J. Agric. Sci. 5 (1): 78-81.
Sharma S, Upadhyaya HD, Gowda CLL, Kumar S and Singh S (2013). Genetic analysis for seed size in three crosses of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Canadian J. Plant Sci. 93: 387-395.
Singh I, Gill MS.and Bains TS (2006). Generation mean analysis for yield attributing traits in mung bean [(Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek)]. Indian J. Genet. 66 (1): 47-48.
Tchiagam JBN, Youmbi R, Njintang NY, Bell JM and Maina AN (2011). Generation means analysis of seed sucrose content in Cowpea [Vigna unuiculata (L.) Walp.]. Asian J. Agric. Sci. 3 (6): 475-480.
Verma OP, Ram PC, Singh PN, Verma GP, Ismail A, Singh RK and Manoj K (2010). Genetic variation in promising rice genotypes for sodicity tolerance. Oryza, 47: 74-76.
Warner JN (1952). A method for estimating heritability. Agron. J. 44: 427-430.
|
Cite this Article: Akombo, RA; Adeyemo, MO; Odo, PE; Vange, T (2021). Generation mean analysis for harvest and leaf-yield indices in Cowpea. Greener Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science, 9(1): 8-18.
|
Call for Papers
Call for Scholarly Articles
Authors from around the world are invited to send scholary articles that suits the scope of this journal. The journal is currently open to submissions and will process and publish articles monthly in two yearly issues.
The journal is centered on quality and goes about its processes in a very timely fashion. Seasoned editors/reviewers will be consulted to review each article(s), profer quality evaluations and polish the articles with expertise before publication.
Simply send your article(s) as an e-mail attachment to gjpbcs@acad.gjournals.org or manuscripts.igj@gmail.com.
Advertisements
Search
Login Form
Other Journals
Sponsored
