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Estimation of Heterosis and Combining Ability in Hybrids between Resistant and Susceptible Bivoltine Breeds of Silkworm Bombyx mori to Densonucleosis Virus1 (BmDNV1)  

Rao, P. Sudhakara (Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute)
Nataraju B. (Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute)
Balavenkatasubbaiah M. (Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute)
Dandin S.B. (Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute)
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International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials / v.13, no.2, 2006 , pp. 73-77 More about this Journal
Abstract
Combining ability and hybrid vigour analysis was carried out in hybrids between newly developed non-susceptible lines to BmDNV1 and popular bivoltine breeds for certain quantitative traits viz. Pupation rate, Cocoon yield, Cocoon weight, Cocoon shell weight and Cocoon shell ratio, Survival rate against BmIFV and BmNPV. General combining ability (GCA) effects revealed that among the lines CSR2DR was found good general combiner exhibiting significant GCA effects for six characters, out of seven traits evaluated. Among testers CSR28DR was found as good combiner exhibiting significant GCA effects for six traits. Out of 36 hybrids made between $resistant{\times}resistant,\;resistant{\times}susceptible\;and\;susceptible{\times}susceptible$ breeds, one hybrid $CSR21DR{\times}CSR28DR$ exhibited significant SCA effects for six traits. The selected hybrid $CSR21DR{\times}CSR28DR$ also exhibited significant positive heterosis and heterobeltiosis expressions for maximum traits and could be exploited as commercial silkworm hybrid resistant to important viral diseases.
Keywords
Bombyx mori; bivoltine hybrids; BmDNV1; combining ability; heterosis;
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