Research Article

Combining Ability and Gene Action Estimates of Eight Parent Diallel Crosses of Chickpea for Ascochyta Blight

Table 12

Genetic components.

ComponentSeedling stageAdult stage
F1F2F1F2

D291.80 ± 10.54291.80 ± 11.32458.80 ± 13.64458.80 ± 9.75
H139.61 ± 24.24106.00 ± 104.194.20 ± 31.37377.70 ± 89.66
H227.31 ± 40.7166.16 ± 90.5684.07 ± 27.29298.20 ± 78.01
h2−5.58 ± 14.14−191.50 ± 60.73144.40 ± 18.30477.40 ± 52.31
F−27.43 ± 24.91−54.86 ± 53.3797.82 ± 32.24195.60 ± 45.98
E16.11 ± 3.5116.11 ± 3.7712.76 ± 4.5812.76 ± 3.25

D: additive genetic variance, H1 and H2: dominance genetic variance and corrected dominance genetic variance, F: product of additive by dominance, h2: dominance effect, and E: environmental variance.