TY - JFULL AU - Atnaf Tiruneh Mulugeta and Mohammed Ali Hussein and Zelleke Habtamu PY - 2013/2/ TI - Inheritance of Primary Yield Component Traits of Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.): Number of Seeds per Pod and 1000 Seed Weight in an 8X8 Diallel Cross Population T2 - International Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering SP - 83 EP - 88 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/16893 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 73, 2013 N2 - Thirty six genotypes (8 parents and 28 F1 diallel crosses) were grown in randomized complete block design during 2006 at Mandura, North western Ethiopia. The experiment was executed to study the inheritance of two primary yield component traits: number of seeds per pod and 1000 seed weight. Statistical significant difference was observed between genotypes, parents, and crosses for these traits. The mean square due to GCA was significant for the two traits. However, SCA mean square was significant only for number of seeds per pod. Thus both additive and non-additive types of gene actions were important in the inheritance of number of seeds per pod. Significant b1 component was obtained for this trait. The b2 and b3 components, however, were not significant, suggesting the absence of gene asymmetry. From Wr/Vr graph, inheritance of seeds per pod was governed by partial dominance with additive gene action. ER -