Inheritance of fruit yield and quality in melon (Cucumis melo L.) grown under field salinity stress.

ABSTRACT: Cultivation of salinity-tolerant crops can help mitigate salinization threats to soil and fresh water resources. This study was conducted to investigate the quantitative genetic basis of yield, yield components, and quality-related traits of salinity-stressed melon (Cucumis melo L.) using 55 melon hybrids and their 11 parents (half diallel). The results of combined ANOVA revealed highly significant effects of salinity and genotype on all the traits studied. Salinity stress influenced the inheritance of all the traits. The lower values of variance components (mainly additive), GCA/SCA ratio, as well as broad- and narrow-sense heritabilities were estimated for saline conditions (EC_W = 14 dSm^-1) when compared with those obtained under non-saline conditions. Fruit weight

SUBMITTER: Akrami M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6510772 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature