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In rice, morphological traits like plant height and panicle length are primarily governed by additive gene effects, whereas yield-related traits such as grain yield and productive tillers are largely influenced by dominance and duplicate epistasis. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

The study aimed to estimate gene action related to yield and its components in rice through generation mean analysis.

June 7, 2026Plant Science TodayOpen Access

Dissecting gene action in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using generation mean analysis across multiple crosses

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SDS DeepakIndira Gandhi Agricultural University GDG DeepakIndira Gandhi Agricultural University VVV VikasCentral Agricultural University

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Randomized trial estimates gene action for rice yield traits, suggesting breeding strategies for improvement.

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The study aimed to estimate gene action related to yield and its components in rice through generation mean analysis.
Used a five parameter model of generation mean analysis across 12 diverse rice crosses.
Developed and evaluated five generations (P1, P2, F1, F2, and F3) over multiple growing seasons to assess genetic interactions.
Investigated additive, dominance, and epistatic effects on various traits.
Significant scaling tests indicated the necessity of digenic epistatic models for trait inheritance.
Prominent additive effects were found for traits like plant height, panicle length, and flag leaf length.
Traits such as the number of productive tillers, 100-seed weight, and grain yield per plant showed dominance and epistatic effects, indicating the need for heterosis breeding.

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Deepak et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a25098a7def13d035e19f5d https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.14698

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