COMBINING ABILITY IN A FEW VARIETIES OF T. AESTIVUM, T. COMPACTUM AND T. SPHAEROCOCCUM

Abstract

CombiDiDc ability stacIies were UDder1akea for teD qaoIitathre cbaraden iB • dIaUeI set iBYOIYinI IIioe parmts r.-three......oIhexap1oic1 wbeats T.III!IdI_. T. c:ofIJpIIdrImaud T. ~. auJJ. Tbe .......lIC8 YariaDc:a iIld.icated that additift &eM aetioo w8s 01 greater Imponance for spike lencdI. spike deBsity, graID wi. perspike, 14JO.graiB weIa't, aud yield!pIaIIt; wUe for days to first IIoweriDa, ....mpt, Bumber 01 tiIItnfpIaat, spikeldsfspike, aud graiaslspike IICIIUIdcIHift COIIIfIOIIeId was JDOr:eimportaat. Dwarfor nmla_fparmts, iBgeaerai, were ~podeombiaers for yieldaud aI50 for die important yield COIIIpIIIIeIlfs that emphatically iadicated die coosideraIioo oIlleig1lt.....with ,Yidd COIBpoaeaI5 iB die seIediou atteria. Use oldie IIIdienOuaexpIoitedsemidwarfs
like T. ~aud T. ~_ the!lilMll'U! 0I111e1Didwal'1ia stiff.....w geae(s)_!Mea suaested. Tbe per III perfOl"lll8lla'l 01 the paraat is _ .....uaff: measare oIp for most cbaraden ncept days to lint lIoweriag, tillenlpllmtB, spikeldsfspike, aud graiDsIspiIr.e. It is aI50 ""II."!ded thatdie G"OI!IIRS with at leasteae p8ftIltwith SIIperior..died wi) hateDgeaeticrecombiaation audaI5o. help iB ~die pIIdielJaniers, ifpreseDt.