Importance of combining ability analysis in the silkworm Bombyx mori L. - A review

Indian Journal of Sericulture

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Choudhary, Nazia ^a   Singh, Ravindra ^a  

^a CENTRAL SERICULTURAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori L; Breeding; Combining ability

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BREEDING; LARVA; MOTH; SERICULTURE;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI; MORUS (PLANT);

BOMBYX MORI; BREED; MULBERRY SILK; SERICULTURE; SILKWORM;

EID: 38049064588     PISSN: 04457722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (54)

1. Arunachalam, V. (1974) The fallacy behind the use of a modified line x tester design. Indian J. Genet. Plant Breed., 34(2):280-287.
2. Baker, R. J. (1978) Issues in diallel analysis. Crop Sci., 18(4):533-536.
3. Bandyopadhyay, A. (1990) Utility of diallel mating designs in breeding. Workshop on Biometrical Genetics, October 7-9, Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Mysore, India, pp. 22-27.
4. Barth, S.; Busimi, A. K.; Friedrich Utz, H. and Melchinger, A. E. (2003) Heterosis for biomass yield and related traits in five hybrids of Arabidopsis thaliana L. Heynh. Heredity, 91(1): 36-42.
5. Bhargava, S. K.; Majumdar, A K. and Datta, R. K. (1995) Combining ability of seven silk technological characters in the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori. Bull. Zool., 62: 359-362.
6. Chattedee, S. N.; Rao, P. R. M.; Jayaswal, K. P.; Ravindra Singh and Datta, R. K. (1993) Genetic variability in mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L. breeds with low silk yield. Indian J. Seric., 32(1): 69-86.
7. Chauhan, T. P. S.; Lakshmanan, V. and Rajalakshmi, E. (2000) Combining ability studies in bivoltine silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Indian J. Seric., 39(2): 127-130.
8. Crusio, W. E. (1987) A note on the analysis of reciprocal effects in diallel crosses. J. Genet., 66(3): 177-185.
9. Datta, R. K. (1984) Improvement of silkworm race, Bombyx mori L. in India. Sericologia, 24(3): 393-414.
10. Datta, R. K. and Pershad, G. D. (1988) Combining ability among multivoltine x bivoltine silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) hybrids. Sericologia, 28(1): 21-29.
11. Datta, R. K.; Rao, D. R.; Jayaswal, K. P.; Premalatha, V.; Ravindra Singh and Karriapa, B. K. (2001) Heterosis in relation to combining ability in multivoltine x bivoltine strains of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Indian J. Seric., 40(1): 1-6.
12. Eisen, E. J.; Horstgen-Schwark, G.; Saxton, A. M. and Bandy, T. R. (1983) Genetic interpretation and analysis of diallel crosses with animals. Theor. Appl. Genet., 65(4): 17-23.
13. Falconer, D. S. and Mackay, T. F. C. (1996) Introduction to Quantitative Genetics. Fourth Edn., Longman, London, pp. 1-464.
14. Gangopadhyay and Ravindra Singh (2006) An improved method of parthenogenetic development and analysis of combining ability in bivoltine breeds of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Int. J. Indust. Entomol., 13(2):63-72.
15. Griffing, B. (1956) Concepts on general and specific combining ability in relation to diallel crossing systems. Aust. J. Biol. Sci., 9: 463-493.
16. Islam, I.; Ali, I. A. and Haque, T. (2004) Heterosis and combining ability estimation in multivoltine x bivoltine hybrids of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Bull. Seric. Res., 11: 1-7.
17. Jinks, J. L. and Hayman, B. L. (1953) The analysis of diallel crosses. Maize Genetics News Letter, 27: 48-54.
18. Jolly, M. S.; Datta, R. K.; Noamani, M. K. R.; Iyengar, M. N. S.; Nagaraj, C. S.; Basavaraja, H. K.; Giridhar, K. and Rao, P. R. M. (1989) Studies on genetic divergence in mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Sericologia, 29(4):545-553.
19. Kalpana, G. V. and Sreerama Reddy (1998) Studies on the combing ability of the new multivoltine race MV953 with tropical bivoltine races. Sericologia, 38(2):309-316.
20. Kantaratanakul, S.; Tharvornanukulkit, C.; Wongthong, S.; Chareonying, S.; Campiranon, A. and Saksoong, P. (1987) Diallel crosses with polyvoltine strains of Thai silkworm (Bombyx mori L.). Sericologia, 27(2): 279-286.
21. Kariappa, B. K. and Rajan, R. K. (2005) Studies on analysis of combining ability in multivoltine and bivoltine breeds of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool., 25(3):239-242.
22. Kaushik, L. S.; Singh, D. P. and Paroda, R. S. (1984) Line x Tester analysis for fixed effect model in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L). Theor. Appl. Genet., 68: 487-491.
23. Kempthorne, O. (1957) An introduction to Genetics Statistics, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York, Inc. London, Chapman and Hall Ltd., pp. 208-341.
24. Krishnaswami, S.; Jolly, M. S. and Subba Rao, G. (1964) Diallel analysis of quantitative characters in multivoltine races of silkworm. Indian J. Genet., 24(3):213-222.
25. Kumar, P.; Bhutia, R. and Ahsan, M. M. (1994) Combining ability analysis for filament length and some quantitative traits in bivoltine mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori L. ). Indian J. Genet., 54(3):253-257.
26. Malik, G. N.; Masoodi, M. A.; Kamili, A. S. and Aijaz, M. (1999) Combining ability analysis over environments in diallel crosses of bivoltine silkworm (Bombyx mori L.). Indian J. Seric., 38(1): 22-25.
27. Meng, Z.; He, K. R. and Xia, J. G. (1985) Studies on the forecasting method for quantitative characters of F1 hybrids in the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Acta Sericologica Sinica, 11(3): 141-146.
28. Mingguan, Y. (1982) Studies on combining ability and heterosis of quantitative characters of Bombyx mori. Canye Kexue, 8(4): 193-198.
29. Murakami, A. and Ohtsuki, Y. (1989) Genetic studies on tropical races of silkworm (Bombyx mori) with special reference to cross breeding strategy between tropical and temperate races. JARQ, 23(1): 37-45.
30. Narayanaswamy, T. K.; Govindan, R.; Ananthanarayana, S. R. and Ramesh, S. (2001) Evaluation of multivoltine x bivoltine hybrids of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. for rearing traits through estimation of combining ability. Bull. Indian Acad. Seric., 6(1):78-85.
31. Naseema Begum, A.; Bhargava, S.,K.; Ahsan, M. M.; Datta, R. K. and Rao, D. R. (1997) Line x Tester analysis for economic characters in bivoltine silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Korean J. Seric. Sci., 39(2): 205-209.
32. Nazia Choudhary and Ravindra Singh (2006) Heterosis in relation to combining ability in hybrids between multivoltine and bivoltine breeds of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool., 26(1): 23-28.
33. Pan Shenyuan and He, Simei (1988) A predictive model for F1 measure of domestic silkworm. I. Preposition and verification of the model. Acta Sericologica Sinica, 14(3): 133-137.
34. Pan Shenyuan and He, Simei (1989) A predictive model for F1 measure of domestic silkworm. II. Genetic significance of the model. Acta Sericologica Sinica, 15(3): 130-134.
35. Pershad, G. D.; Datta, R. K.; Vijaykurriar, H. V.; Bhargava, S. K. and Jolly, A S. (1986) Combining ability in multivoltine races of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Sericologia, 26(3): 307-315.
36. Rajalakshmi, E.; Chauhan, T. P. S.; Thiagarajan, V.; Lakshmanan, V. and Kamble, C. K. (1997) Line x tester analysis of combining ability in new genotypes of bivoltine silkworm (Bombyx mori). Indian J. Agric. Sci., 67(7): 287-290.
37. Rain, D.; Kalloo, G. and Major Singh (1999) Combining ability of quantitative characters in bittergourd (Monordica charontia ). Indian J. Agric. Sci., 69(2): 122-125.
38. Rao, D. R.; Ravindra Singh; Premalatha, V.; Kariappa, B. K.; Rekha, M. and Jayaswal, K. P. (2002) Manifestation of hybrid vigour and combining ability in polyvoltine x bivoltine hybrids of silkworm, Bombyx mori. Int. J. Indust. Entomol., 4(1): 23-30.
39. Rao, G. S.; Das, S. K. and Das, N. K. (1991) Genetics divergence among fifteen multivoltine genetic stocks of silkworm (Bombyx mori L.). Indian J. Seric., 30(1): 72-74.
40. Rao, P. R. M.; Ravindra Singh; Jayaswal, K. P.; Chatterjee, S. N. and Datta, R. K. (1998) Evaluation of some Indian and exotic low yielding silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) breeds through diallel cross and its significance for sericulture in dry-zones. J. Entomol. Res., 22(1): 23-33.
41. Ravindra Singh; Kalpana, G. V.; Rao, P. S.; Ahsan, M. M.; Datta, R. K. and Rekha, A (2000) Studies on combining ability and heterosis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Indian J. Seric., 39(1):43-48.
42. Ravindra Singh; Premalatha, V.; Rao, D. R.; Kariappa, B. K.; Jayaswal, K. P. and Datta, R. K. (2001 a) Line x Tester analysis in sex-limited strains of mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L. with coloured cocoons. Indian J. Seric., 40(1): 39-43.
43. Ravindra Singh; Rao, D. R.; Premalatha, V.; Kariappa, B. K.; Jayaswal, K. P. and Datta, R.K. (2001 b) Evaluation of combining ability in hybrids between low, medium and high cocoon weight polyvoltine and bivoltine breeds of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Sericologia, 41(1): 57-64.
44. Ravindra Singh; Rao, D. R.; Kariappa, B. K.; Premalatha, V. and Dandin, S. B. (2003) Studies on the analysis of combining ability in mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori L. Int. J. Indust. Entomol., 6(2): 107-113.
45. Ravindra Singh; Sharma, S. D.;. Rao, D. R.; Chandrashekharan, K.; Basavaraja, H. K. and Kariappa, B. K. (2005) Line x tester and heterosis analysis in the silkworm Bombyx mori L. Indian J. Seric., 44(1): 92-99.
46. Razdan, J. L.; Siddiqui, A. A.; Bali, R. K. and Mukherjee, P. (1994) Study on the identification of region-specific heterotic crosses in Bombyx mori L. Sericologia, 34(2): 249-260.
47. Sarkar, A.; Das, N. K. and Das, B. C. (1991) A diallel cross analysis of the cocoon weight in the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Sericologia, 31(2): 301-306.
48. Satenahalli, S. B.; Govindan, R. and Goud, J. V. (1989) Genetic analysis of some quantitative traits by diallel cross in silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Sericologia, 29(3): 333-342.
49. Sen, S. K.; Das, S. K.; Rao, P. R. T.; Ghosh, B.; Das, N. K.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Roy, G. C. and Sinha, S. S. (1995) Studies on some important genetic parameters in the silkworm Bombyx mori L. Indian J. Genet. Plant Breed., 55(3): 238-242.
50. Sengupta, K. and Datta, R. K. (1975) Studies on the evolution of superior multivoltine breeds of silkworm Bombyx mori L. XII International Silk Congress, (Barcelona), pp. 1-16.
51. Sharma, T. R. (1999) Combining ability and heterosis in garden pea ( Pisum sativum var. arvense) in the cold desert Himalayan region. Indian J. Agric. Sci., 69(5): 386-388.
52. Sood, V. K.; Rana, N. D. and Gupta, V. P. (2000) Combining ability and gene action for seed yield and its components in Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill). Indian J. Genet., 60(2): 247-250.
53. Sprague, G. F. and Tatum, L. A. (1942) General vs. Specific combining ability in single crosses of corn. J. Am. Soc. Agron., 34:923-932.
54. Subba Rao, G. and Sahai, V. (1989) Combining ability and heterosis studies in bivoltine strains of silkworm Bombyx mori L. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool., 9(2): 150-164.