Heterotic potential and combining ability for yield and quality attributes in slicing cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
Rajinder Kumar Dhall, Shreedhari Narasimha Hegde, Prakash Singathiya, Pooja Manchanda · 2025
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Rajinder Kumar Dhall, Shreedhari Narasimha Hegde, Prakash Singathiya, and Pooja Manchanda cross cucumber lines to breed earlier, heavier, tastier hybrids for the tropics. Eight parent lines met in a half-diallel design, yielding twenty-eight first-generation hybrids, judged against a commercial standard across yield and quality traits.
Every trait varied significantly, and both additive and non-additive gene action shaped the outcomes. One parent, D-20, combined best for early female flowers, fruit count, and yield. Its crosses with three partners topped the field on yield and quality together. Two D-20 hybrids also flowered at lower nodes, an earliness bonus growers prize. The study names parents and crosses for the next breeding round.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rajinder Kumar Dhall, Shreedhari Narasimha Hegde, Prakash Singathiya, Pooja Manchanda |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 63 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |