Heterosis of Yield and Quality Traits of Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus (Thunb.)] Hybrids and Their Performance in the Sub-Tropical Region
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14738/aivp.116.15870Keywords:
Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus (Thunb.), heterosis, hybrids, sub-tropicalAbstract
A study was conducted in watermelon to estimate the magnitude of heterosis for yield and its nine yield-related components. Sixteen hybrids generated from eight diverged parents were evaluated in a Randomized Block Design with three replications at the Olericulture Division, Horticulture Research Center (HRC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur, Bangladesh. Appreciable heterosis was found over better parents for all the traits studied in a desirable direction. The range of positive better parent heterosis for a number of fruits/plant and individual fruit weight was 4.50 to 30.56 percent and 7.17 to 21.05 percent, respectively, while for fruit length and fruit diameter, it was 0.63 to 11.47 percent and 2.74 to 14.40 percent, respectively. Nine hybrids showed significant positive heterotic response for TSS, while twelve hybrids for fruit yield showed positive better parent heterosis and the range was 9.38 to 51.17 %. The higher significant positive better parent heterosis was observed in hybrids F1 104 (51.17%), F1 105 (44.30%), F1 801 (29.45%), F1 102 (23.38%), F1 401 (19.74%), F1 103 (19.14%). Considering yield contributing characters, the hybrids viz., F1 102, F1 104, F1 105, F1 801 were found promising and may be recommended for hybrid watermelon variety for the farmers of sub-tropical countries.
References
Allard, R.W. 1960. Principle of plant Breeding. John willey and Sons. Inc. Newyork. 92-93.
Anonymous. 2019. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Year Book of Agricultural Statistics of Bangladesh 2017. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Government of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. pp 249-290.
Dahiya, M.S., B.S. Dhankar and H.C. Kallo. 1984. Hybrid performance in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
Haryana J. Hort. Sci., 13(3/4): 147-149. Damaceno, L. S. et al. Evaluation of the reaction of watermelon parent and F. plants to Meloidogyne enterolobii. Revista Caatinga, v. 29, n. 2, p. 296-304, 2016.
Dias, R. C. S. et al. Cultura da melancia. Petrolina: Embrapa Semiárido, 2001. (Circular técnica, 63).
Ferreira, M. A. J. d. F., L. T. Braz, M. A. d. Queiroz, M. G. C. Churata Masca, and R. Vencovsky. 2002. Capacidade de combinacao em sete populacoes demelancia. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira 37(7):963-970.
Fonseca, S. and Patterson, F. L. (1968). Hybrid vigour in seven parent diallel cross in common winter wheat (Triticum aestivam L.). Crop Sci., 8: 85-95.
Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAOSTAT: production crops. 2018. Available at: < http://www.fao.org/faostat/ en/#data/QC>. Access on: 15 May 2018.
Gabriele Gusmini and Todd C. Wehner. 2004. Heterosis for Yield in a Watermelon Hybrid. Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 27:43-44.
Guo, S., J. Zhang, H. Sun et al. 2012. The draft genome of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) and resequencing of 20 diverse accessions. Nature Genetics 45:51-58.
Gusmini, T.; Wehner, T. C. Heterosis for yield in a watermelon hybrid. Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report, v. 27, n. 1, p. 43-44, 2004.
Hageman, R.H., E.R Leng, and J.W. Dudley. 1967. A biochemical approach to corn breeding. Adv. Agron. 19: 45-86.
Harlair, J.R. (1999) Crops and man, 2nd ed. American Society of Agronomy Crop Science of America Madison Wisconsin USA.
Patil, R.B. and S.R. Shinde. 1984. Heterosis in eggplant. J. Maharashtra Agric. Univ., 9(3): 289-292.
Quamruzzaman, A.K.M., M.A. Rahim, A.M. Farooque, S. Ahmad and M.Y. Ali. 2006. Studies on heterosis in eggplant. Bangladesh Journal of Agriculture. 31(1&2):69-74.
Rajan, B., Sooch, B.S., and Dhall, R.K. 2002. Heterosis in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf.) Environment and Ecology., 20 (4): 976-979.
Rajendran, P. C. and Thamburaj, S. 1993. Heterosis in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf.). Madras Agric J., 80 (1): 40-46.
Rajput, J.C., S.B. Palve, B.M. Jamadagni and M.J. Salvi. 1984. Heterosis in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.). Agricultural Science Digest, India, 4(4): 215-217.
Rashid, M.A., S.N. Mondal, M.S. Ahmed, S. Ahmad and D.K. Sen. 1988. Genetic variability, combining ability estimates and hybrid vigour in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). Thai. J. Agric. Sci., 21: 51-61. Roberta Machado Santos, Natoniel Franklin De Melo, Maria Aldete Justiniano Da Fonseca, Mário Adriano Ávila Queiroz. 2017. Combining ability of forage watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides) germplasm. Revista Caatinga, v. 30, n. 3, p. 768-775. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1983-21252017v30n325rc.
Sapovadiya, M. H. ; Dhaduk, H. L. ; Mehta, D. R.; Patel, N. B. 2013. Heterosis in watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf.]. Progressive Research, v. 8, n. 2, p. 217-220. http://www.asthafoundation.in/img/pap-15N.pdf
Sapovadiya M. H., Mehta D. R., Dhaduk H. L and Babariya C. A. 2014. Combining ability in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf.). Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 5(3): 327-330. http://sites.google.com/site/ejplantbreeding
Singh, B. and N. Kumar. 1988. Studies on hybrid vigour and combining ability in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.). Veg. Sc., 15(1): 72-78.
Singh, S.N., N.D. Singh and G.N. Hazarika. 1982. A note on degree of dominance and parental mean performance in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.). Haryana J. Hort. Sci., 11(1/2): 146-148.
Souza, F. F. d., M. A. d. Queiroz, and R. d. C. d. S. Dias. 2002. Capacidade de combinacao entre linhas tetraploides e diploides de melancia. Horticultura Brasileira 20(4):654-658.
Souza F. F., M. D. Queiroz, R. C. S. Dias. 2005. Heterotic effects in triploid watermelon hybrids. Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, v. 5, n. 3, p. 280-286.
Tiago Lima do Nascimento, F. F. Souza, R. C. S. Dias, Edson Ferreira da Silva. 2018. Agronomic characterization and heterosis in watermelon genotypes. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, vol. 48: 2, pp. 170-177. DOI:10.1590/1983-40632018V4851779.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 A K M Quamruzzaman, Limu Akter, M M R Salim, Ferdouse Islam
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
