Genetic and Environmental Variation in Seed Yield, Seed Size and Cooking Quality of Lentil
Abstract: ABSTRACT

Lentil is know as an old and traditional crop in upper Egypt, but recently the crop planting has been expanded to other many parts in lower Egypt and reclaimated areas. Therefore, there are needs to investigate the effect of genetic and environmental factors on the most important characters such as yield and size and cooking quality of seeds. There experiments were carried out at Nubaria, Gemmeza and Mallawy Research Stations, representing both the lower and upper regions of Egypt. Thirty genotypes were grown in a randomized complete block design with four replications at each location during 1988/89 season. The results showed predominance effect of location as a source of variance, on seed yield. That may be due to breadth of locations sampled, representing differences in soil type and temperature. The genotype-location was high in seed yield. Giza 9 had the heighest overall mean across locations, confirming its wide adaptability. ILL3693 and ILL 6024 showed superiority in seed yield at Nubaria region and at Mallawy, respectively and could be recommended as a promising entries for these regions. Due to the strong positive correlation between sees size (weight) and cooking time ( r = 0.65) , there is no need to screen early generation lentil genotypes for cooking time, sincee for all the practical purposes, the cooking time was predictable on the basis of seed size.
Publication year 1991
Availability location معهد بحوث المحاصيل الحقليه - مركز البحوث الزراعية - ش الجامعه - الجيزة
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serial title Annals of Agric. Sc., Moshtohor,
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Agris Categories Agricultural researchCrop husbandry
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TERMS		 Environmental control. Seed.
Publication Type Journal
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