Genetic variability studies in response to drought under different water regimes in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.)
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A set of 40 genotypes of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) were evaluated in a randomized block design with two replications under different water regimes during summer 2012 at the agriculture research station Bee-chwal, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India to study genetic variability among the traits to determine selection criteria for breed-ing programmes for fruit yield and related characters. The results reported that drought stress caused reduction in fruit yield and most of the characters studied. Significant variations for all the characters were found under different water regimes (non-stress, 50% and 25%). High genotypic (GCV) and phenotypic (PCV) coefficient of variations were observed for fruit yield per plant, fruit weight per plant, vine length and proline content in non-stress, 50% and 25% water stress conditions respectively. High estimates of heritability along with high genetic advance as percent-age of mean over the characters was recorded for fruit weight (128.79, 164.05, and 161.15), proline content (42.50, 72.86 and 69.26) and fruit yield per plant (149.61, 186.91 and 184.12) in both the non-stress and stress conditions. This shows that these traits were under the control of additive genetic effects. Therefore, it was concluded that se-lection for these traits should lead rapid genetic improvement of the material.
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Genetic advance, Heritability, Muskmelon, Variability, Water regimes
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Comstock RE and Robinson HF (1952). Genetic parameters, their estimation and significance. Proceeding of 6th International Grassland Congress, 1:284-291.
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Pandey S., Rai M and Singh B (2005). Genetic variability and character association in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.). Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 18(2): 212–216.
Pandey S., Kashya SK, Jha A, Choudhary BR, Kumar S, Singh DK and Rai M (2009). Inter-trait association and genetic variability assessment in Snapmelon (Cucumis melo var. momordica). Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 22(2): 113-116.
Potekar SV, Nagre PK and Sawant SN (2014). Genetic variability study in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.). International J. Tropic. Agric. 32(3-4):349-351.
Parmar AM and Lal T (2005). Variability studies in melon. Res. on crops, 6(2):314-317.
Prasad VSRK and Singh DP (1990). Genetic variability and heritability studies in sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrical): A note. Haryana J. Hort. Sci., 19(1-2):222-224.
Prasad VSRK and Singh DP (1992). Estimates of heritability, genetic advance and association between yield and its components in cucumber. Indian J. Hort., 49: 62-69.
Rad MRN, Allahhdoo M and Fanaei HR (2010). Study of some yield traits relationship in melon (Cucumis melo L.) germplasm gene bank of Iran by correlation and factor analysis. Trakia J. Sci., 8(1):27-32.
Rajendran PC and Thamburaj S (1994). Genetic variability in biometrical traits in watermelon. Indian J. Agric. Sci., 64(1): 5-8.
Rakhi R and Rajamony L (2005). Variability, heritability and genetic advance in landraces of culinary melon (Cucumis melo L.). J. Tropical Agric., 43 (1-2):79-82.
Rashidi M and Seyfi K (2007). The effects of water stress on yield and yield components of cantaloupe (Cucumis melo SP.). Int. J. Agri. Biol., 9(2): 271-273
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Rao ES,Verma VK and Munshi AD (1999). Genetic variability in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Indian J. Plant Genetic Resour.,12:201-204
Reddy BPK, Begum H, Sunil N and Reddy MT (2013). Variance component analysis of quantitative traits in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.). Trakia J. Sci., 2: 118-124.
Sahni GP, Singh RK and Saha BC (1987). Genotypic and phenotypic variability, heritability in ridge gourd. Indian J. Agril. Sci., 55(99):666-668.
Saikia J, Shadeque and Bora GC (1995). Genetic studies in cucumber. Haryana J. Hort. Sci., 24(1): 73-76.
Samadia DK (2007). Studies on genetic variability and scope of improvement in round melon under hot arid conditions. Indian J. Hort. 64(1):58-62.
Singh MJ, Randhawa KS and Lal T (1989). Genetic analysis for maturity and plant characteristics in muskmelon. Veg. Sci., 16: 181-184.
Sood S, Kumar N, Chandel KS and Sharma P (2011). Determination of genetic variation for morphological and yield traits in bell peper (Capsicum annum var grossum). Indian J. Agric. Sci., 81:590-594.
Srivastava VK and Srivastava LS (1976). Genetic parameters correlation coefficient and path coefficient analysis for bitter gourd. Indian J. Hort., 33(1): 66-70.
Tomar RS, Kulkarni GU, Kakade DK, Patel AD and Acharya RR (2008). Genetic variability, correlation and path analysis in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.). Asian J. Hort., 3(1):158-161.
Torkadi SS, Musmade AM, and Mangrave KK (2007). Genetic variability studies in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.). J. Soils Crop, 17:308-311.
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Genetic variability studies in response to drought under different water regimes in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.). (2017). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 9(3), 1744-1750. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v9i3.1432
