COMBINING ABILITY OF LATENT PERIOD AND PUSTULE SIZE IN WHEAT

Eleven genetic stocks and fifty five F2's formed the material to obtai n the information on combining abilities of latent period and pustule size in wheat. Parent P1438 was the best combiner for latent period an d pustule size. The cross P1501 x P1523 was recorded to be good combin ation for latent period. The cross combinations P10015 x Agro Local an d P10015 x P1523 showed high sca effects for pustule size. These cross es could be expected to give desirable transgressive segregants in whe at.