Genetic analysis of some quantitative characters in pigeonpea

Abstract

Out of the eleven quantitative characters studied in pigeonpea, days to flowering alone was influenced by non-additive genes and all the remaining characters by additive genes. The proportion of dominant and recessive genes was equal for plant height and number of clusters per plant, whereas more than one recessive gene was present for eveiy dominant gene in the expression of days to maturity. The remaining eight characters showed the presence of one to two dominant genes for every recessive gene.