Analysis of combining ability for mainly quantitative characters of melon fruit
SHEN Jia
SHOU Weisong
ZHANG Yuejian
Abstract：To improve the efficiency of melon hybrid combinations,the combining ability and heritability for mainly characters of melon fruit was analyzed by 56 cross combinations which were made with15 melon inbred lines by the method of NC-Ⅱ.The results showed that the 7 characters of melon fruit were significantly different between the crosses and that W4 showed the highest general combining ability effect value,which would be an excellent parent for breeding.And W5×A2 was the perfect hybrid combinations with the highest special combining ability.Among the 7 quantitative characters,the soluble sugar content at flesh center and edge showed the low broad-sense and narrow-sense heritability,and the others did the high value.Our results provided reliable basis for selection of the proper parental lines in cross breeding of melon.
Keywords：MelonGeneral combining abilitySpecial combining abilityHeritability
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 4-8 )