This study investigated heritability percentage for some quantitative characters in F2 lentil (Lens culinaries Medik L.). One hybrid and four parents of differing traits were crossed using diallel-crossing method during the winter growing season of 1996. Results showed, that using local D-1996 , as a female , produced substantially higher pod sets than reciprocals. Germination percentage of F1 crosses ranged from 65.0 to 83.3%. Greater variability was observed among crosses than parents for all traits. Estimation of the general heritability in the twelve F2 generations for traits (days to maturity, plant height, numbers of pods/plant and seed yield/plant) was found high. This indicates that there exists a potential for improvement of high-yielding and early- maturity of lentil varieties through diallel cross method.
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