Analysis of Genetic Architecture through Generation Mean Analysis for Yield and Yield Contributing Traits in Crosses of Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea)

Abstract

Generation mean analysis was deployed to study the inheritance of 12 yield and its component traits in two crosses viz. PR-2009-6 × ALBELI (Family A) and PR-2009-6 × RGN-73 (Family B) of Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern& Coss] for parents P1 and P2, F1 , F2 , BC1 and BC2 generations. Analysis of variance showed presence of significant variability among families and also within families (among progenies) for various traits under study except for days to maturity, seeds per siliquae and siliquae length. Family A showed considerable interaction effects for siliquae on main raceme, number of seeds per siliquae and oil content. Family B displayed epistatic interactions for characters such as plant height, length of main raceme, siliquae on main raceme, siliquae length, oil content seed yield per plant and glucosinolate content. Fixable effects [d] and [i] were found important in the inheritance of plant height, seed yield per plant and glucosinolate content. Among non fixable effects, dominance [h] gene action was significantly important for determining length of main raceme, number of siliquae on main raceme, siliquae length, oil content, seed yield per plant and glucosinolate content. Interaction gene effects were found significant in controlling plant height, length of main raceme, number of secondary branches per plant, siliquae on main raceme, siliqua length,1000-seed weight, oil content, seed yield per plant and glucosinolate content. Thus, both main effects and epistatic effects were found important in controlling the various traits under study.