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Gene action of blast disease reaction and grain yield traits in finger millet

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Title Gene action of blast disease reaction and grain yield traits in finger millet
 
Creator Manyasa, E O
Tongoona, P
Shanahan, P
Githiri, S
Ojulong, H
Rathore, A
 
Subject Finger Millet
Genetics and Genomics
Plant Disease
 
Description Gene action of blast reaction, yield and yield associated traits in finger millet were studied using a 4x4 North Carolina Design II mating scheme. The four female and four male parents and their 16 crosses were evaluated at Alupe and Kakamega in western Kenya in a randomized complete block design under both artificially induced and natural disease pressure. General combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) estimates of the traits were calculated to determine the genotypes breeding value. The GCA variance predominated over SCA variance for all traits except finger width hence these traits can be improved through selection. With high, desirable GCA effects, male parent KNE 392 and female parents KNE 744 and IE 11 are suitable for blast resistance breeding while male parent Okhale 1 is suitable for grain yield improvement. The frequency distribution for the segregating F2 generation for the three blast types differed within and between crosses which could be due to differences in gene numbers or gene combinations being expressed in the different parents used. Convergent crossing or gene pyramiding for durable resistance could be possible.
 
Date 2019-10
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11449/1/ERIC%20MANYASA%20POSTER%20OCT%202019%20APBA%20conference%20.pdf
Manyasa, E O and Tongoona, P and Shanahan, P and Githiri, S and Ojulong, H and Rathore, A (2019) Gene action of blast disease reaction and grain yield traits in finger millet. In: Africa Plant Breeders Association conference, 23-25 Oct 2019, Accra, Ghana.