IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

International Journal of Agriculture and Earth Science (IJAES )

E- ISSN 2489-0081
P- ISSN 2695-1894
VOL. 10 NO. 9 2024
DOI: 10.56201/ijaes.v10.no9.2024.pg179.195

---

Evaluation of Heterosis in Cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L.) in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State

John Blessing, S.Y. Simon, and Oluro, C.O

---

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to study the heterosis of cucumber for yield and yield component traits. The experiment was conducted at Girei, Adamawa state. Ten F1 hybrids were developed by crossing five parental lines in half diallel crossing in 2023 and 2024. The six parents, Amarisa, Supermarketer, Marketmore, Poinsett 76, Poinsett and Local variety along with their hybrids were evaluated in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. Significant differences among genotypes were obtained for all the characters studied with the exception of fruit length, fruit width and flesh thickness. Amarisa had the highest general combining ability effect for most of the traits under study which include width of leaf, length of leaf, vine length, placental thickness, fruit width, flesh thickness and fruit length. The cross Marketmore x Poinsett 76 has high Specific combining ability in fruit width, flesh thickness, fruit length and days to 50% flowering. Supermarketer x Poinsett had high positive heterosis over mid parent and heterosis over better parent for placental thickness and flesh thickness while Marketmore x Poinsett recorded for fruit length and fruit width. Amarisa x Supermarketer, exhibited superior performance for length of petiole and vine length over other crosses. Similarly, Marketmore x Poinsett has high value for fruit width.

keywords:

Cucumber; general combining ability; Heterosis; Specific combining ability; Yield.

---

References:

Banga S. S. (2012). German enhancement in Indian mustard: some exciting new developments.
In: ‘souvenir of xix Annual AICRP Group Meet on Rapeseed-Mustard’, Birsa Agricultural
University, Ranchi India. pp 29-34.
Chinatu, L. N., Onwuchekwa-Henry, C. B. and Okoronkwo, C. M. (2017). Assessment of yield
and yield components of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) in Southeastern Nigeria.
International Journal of Agriculture and Earth Science.3(1) 2489-0081.
Devi N. D., Mariappan, S. and Arumugam T. (2017). Heterosis in snake gourd (Trichosanthes
cucumerina L.) for growth and earliness. International Journal of Current Microbiology
and Applied Sciences. 6(3): 2319-7709.
Ene, C. O., Ogbonna P. E., Agbo C. U. and Chukwudi U.P. (2019). Heterosis and combining
ability in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Information Processing in Agriculture. 6: 150-
Fakuta N. M. (2010). Combining ability and heterosis of F1 hybrids in provenance populations of
gum Arabic (Acacia Senegal L. Willd). Thesis. Modibbo Adama University of Technology
Yola. pp 8.
Grafius J. E. (1959). Heterosis in barley. Agronomy Journal. 51: 551-54.
Hossain, M. F., Rabbani, M. G., Hakim, M. A.M., Amanullah, A. S. M. and Ahsanullah, A. S. M.
(2010). Studies on variability, character association and yield performance of cucumber
(Cucumis sativus L.). Bangladesh Research Publications Journal. 43: 297-311.
Iwalewa E. A. and Amujoyegbe B. J. (2019). Influence of fertilizer types and rates on the growth
and fruit yield of three cucumber (cucumis sativus L) varieties. Ife Journal of
Agriculture. 31:(3).
Kaur K. and Dhall R. K. (2017). Estimation of genetic variability and divergence for fruit yield
and quality traits in cucumber (cucumis sativus L) in northwestern Himalayas. Univer.
Journal of plant science. 1 (2): 27-36
Kohli, U. K. and Vikram A. (2016). Hybrid cucumber. Journal of New Seeds. 6(4): 375-380.
Kumar S., Kumar R., Kumar D., Gautam N., Dogra R. K., Mehtah D. K., Sharma H. D. and Kansal
S. (2016). Parthenocarpic gynoecious parental lines of cucumber introduced from
Netherlands for developing high-yielding, quality hybrids. Journal of Crop Improvement.
30(3):352-369.
Kumar, S., Sharma, A., & Singh, V. (2023). Stability of combining ability effects in cucumber
(Cucumis sativus L.) under varying environmental conditions. Journal of Plant Breeding
and Crop Science, 15(1), 45-54.
Madhu S. (2010). Gene action and heterosis studies involving gynoecious lines in cucumber
(cucumis sativus L.) Doctor thesis. Palampur India Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal
Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya.
Mule P. N., Khandelwal V., Patil A. B. and Chaudhary B. P. (2011). Combining ability studies in
cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Vegetable Science. 38(2): 203-5
Okonmah, L. U. (2011). Effects of different types of staking and their cost effectiveness on the
growth, yield and yield components of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). International
Journal of Agricultural Science. 1(5): 290-295.
Preethi, G. P., Anjanappa M., Ramschsndra R. K. and Vardhana V. (2019). Heterosis studies for
yield and quality traits in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). International Journal of Current
Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 8(3): 925-932.
Rahman M. A.,Sikder S., Bahadur M. M. and Pramanik S. K. (2020). Influence of gibberellic acid
(GA3) on growth, flowering and fruit yield of cucumber. Journal of Science and
Technology. 18(20): 33-42.
Sherpa, P., Seth, t., Shende, V. D., Pandiarana, N., Mukherjee, S. and Chattopadhyay, A. (2014).
Heterosis, dominance estimate and genetic control of yield and post-harvest quality traits
of tomato. Journal of Applied Science and Natural Science. 6: 625-632.
Simi, F., Ivy, N. A., Saif, H. B., Akter, S. and Anik, F. A. (2017). Heterosis in cucumber (Cucumis
sativus L.). Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Research. 42(4): 731-747.
Singh, A., Kumar, P., & Sharma, R. (2021). Genetic analysis of combining ability for downy
mildew resistance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant
Breeding, 81(4), 587-593.
Sudhakar P., Singh B., Major S. and Rai M. (2005). Heterosis in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.).
Vegetable Science. 32:143-145.
Thakur, M., Kumar R. and Kumar S. (2017). Estimation of heterosis for earliness and yield
contributing traits in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). An International Quarterly Journal
of Life Sciences. 12(2): 1189-1194.
Umeh, O. A., Ngwuta, A. A., Onyishi, G. C. and Anyanwu, C. P. (2021). Heterosis for yield and
its components in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) in Owerri Southeastern Nigeria.
International Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development. 24(1): 5704-5710.
Wan Shafiin W. N. S. S., Ablah N. L., Ma’arup R., Roslan I., Alam A., Alias N., Azid A. and
NurFatihah H. N. (2022). Morphological characterization of parental lines and reciprocal
hybrids of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology. 2, (20-29): 5th International Plant Breeding Conference 2022.
Wang, Y. H., Joobeur, T.,Dean, R. A. and Staub, J. E. (2007). Curcubit genome mapping and
molecular breeding in plants. Vegetables.5:315- 329.
Yadav Y. C., Kumar S., Brijpal B. and Dixit S. K. (2019). Genetic variability, heritability and
genetic advance for some traits in cucumber. Indian Journal of Horticulture. 66(4): 488-

DOWNLOAD PDF

---

Back