Claim · model-written summary
Genotype rankings changed little across generations.
SorghumVerbatim
e0“General combining ability tended to decrease in successive generations, though little change occurred in genotype rankings.”
t0“Sorghum hybrids”
Title
J. N. Govil; B. R. Murty; B. K. Mukherjee 1979
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Yield, flowering, height, panicle and grain traits were highly heritable.
- Association Additive genetic variance declined over successive generations.
- Association Nonadditive genetic variance declined more than additive variance.
- Association General combining ability tended to decline across generations.
- Observation Specific combining ability showed no clear trend.
- Association The best crosses tended to have parents with divergent general combining abilities.