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The triple test cross analysis of Jinks and Perkins (1970) was used to study different components of genetic variation in four barley F2 populations, C 164x IB 226, C 164xJyoti, IB 226xP 113 and DL 3xP 113, for final plant height, spike length, 100-kernel weight, grain yield per plant and harvest index. The overall epistasis (i type) was, in general, a minor component but the j & 1 type epistasis was an important element for all five characters in cross 3 (IB 226xP 113). Both the additive (D) and dominance (H) components were highly significant for all the five characters in all four crosses. The dominance was directional in all cases except for 100-grain weight in crosses 1 (C 164xIB 226), 2 (C 164xJyoti) and 4(DL 3xP 113).
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Singh, S., Dhull, R.S. & Mishra, S.B. Triple test cross analysis in F2 populations of four barley crosses. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 55, 243–245 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00265356
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00265356