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Volume 23, No. (4), 2013 (August)
EVALUATION AND SELECTION OF RAPESEED (B rassica napus L.) M UTANT LINES FOR YIELD PERFORMANCE USING AUGMENTED DESIGN
I. Ali, H. M. Ahmed, S. A. Shah

I. Ali, H. M. Ahmed, S. A. Shah
1 Oilseed Brassica Group, Plant Breeding & Genetics Division, Nuclear Institute for Food & Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
2 Head of Plant Breeding & Genetics Division, Nuclear Institute for Food & Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan

Corresponding Author: naufla@yahoo.com
DOI: NA
Page Number(s): 1125-1130
Published Online First: August 01, 2013
Publication Date: August 01, 2013
ABSTRACT

The present study was undertaken to evaluate rapeseed mutants for yield and yield components at an early stage of entry selection in a non-replicated trial. Sixty five mutant entries were selected from gamma irradiated population of 1.0, 1.2 and 1.4 K Gys. and planted in augmented incomplete block design in four blocks. The data on days to 50% flowering, seed yield (kg ha-1), 1000 seed weight (g) and oil yield (kg ha-1) were recorded and analyzed to workout variance and contrast analyses. Significant differences were revealed for all the traits among the mutants and with the control except 1000-seed weight. Three mutant lines were significantly superior both in seed yield and oil yield. Ten mutant lines took significantly less number of days to 50% flowering. The study confirmed the effeciency of augmented design in the evaluation and selection of superior genotypes in early generation with better yield potential.

Keywords: Rapeseed, Gamma Rays, Non-Replicated, Augmented Design
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