Gene action for yield and its components in three crosses of pea (Pisum sativum L.)

Abstract

Eight diverse cultivars/lines of garden pea viz., Arkel, GP17, GP207, GP4, GP128, GP447, GP468 and GP 471 were intercrossed in a diallel fashion and six basic populations obtained. All the six generations were grown during rabi season 1999-2000 in a randomised block design. Observations were recorded on five important characters such as plant height, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, pod length and pod yield per plant.