A half diallel set of crosses among six highly diverse barley (Hordeum
vulgare L.) genotypes were evaluated at Karahta Research Station, General
Commission of Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), during 2010-2011
and 2011-2012 seasons to stud
y heterosis, potence ratio, correlations among
traits and path coefficient analysis for number of spikes per plant, number of
grains per plant, number of grains per spike, biological yield ,and grain yield
per plant. Heterosis effects for seed yield ranged from%-89.52 (T-6669×S-6303)
to%16.99 (Arabi abiad mohsan×S-6689) and from%-49.94 (L-6711×S-6689)
to %-1. 35 (Arabi abiad mohsan×S-6689) relative to mid and better parents
respectively. Potence ratio values ranged from 1.14 (number of spikes per
plant) to 3.50 (biological weight) indicating that non-additive gene action was
more important in controlling all studied traits. Correlation coefficients among
traits indicated that seed yield was positively and significantly associated with
each of number of spikes per plant (0.289), number of grains per plant (0.832),
number of grains per spike (0.587), and biological yield (0.708) traits. Path
coefficient analysis indicated that number of grains per plant trait had high
positive direct effects on grain yield.
This study was carried out at Karahta Station of Field Crop
Research, General Commission of Agricultural Scientific Researches
during 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 cropping seasons in order to determine the
phenotypic correlation coefficient between the traits and the path coefficients
analysis for the most affected traits in grain yield.
This research was carried out to evaluate the combining ability of twentyfive
inbred lines of yellow maize and estimate the phenotypic correlation and
path analysis of twenty-five top crosses were formed during 2009 growing
season at Dir Ala, Dead
Sea. Jordan. Their plants were evaluated in Syria
during 2009 growing season in three locations (Al Raka, Aleppo and Dir Al-
Zor).