Combining ability for grain yield and its components in pearl millet was studied in 48 hybrids developed by crossing six A- and their six B-lines with 8 R-lines in a line x tester mating design. The three A- lines viz. 81A1, 81A4 and 81A5 and their corresponding B- lines represented three different systems of male sterility and were very diverse. The 12 parents and the 48 hybrids were grown separately in contiguous blocks in 2R × m × m in randomized block design with three replications in two environments viz., normal sown and late sown condition at Research Farm, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during 2013. |
