The high gca magnitude revealed the higher level of additive genetic variance compared to
nonadditive variance is an indicative of direct selection for high protein and lysine content
lines in the segregating population. The reciprocal effects for sugarcontent revealed careful
choice for female parents. The ratio of dominant to recessive genes and that of H2/4H,
confirmed the equal distribution ofdominant and recessive genes for protein content, while
for lysine and sugar content there were some deviations.
Keywords: Sorghum bicolor, protein, lysine, sugar contents, genetic architecture.
Year: 1996
Volume: 56
Issue: 4
Article DOI: NA
Print ISSN: 0019-5200
Online ISSN: 0975-6906
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