Line × Tester analysis is a valuable tool in agricultural research, enabling the evaluation of combining ability and interaction effects between different genotypes. It has diverse applications in hybrid development, parental selection, trait mapping, combining ability estimation, gene action studies and environmental adaptation. This article develops basic understanding of Line × Tester analysis and its possible application in various fields of agriculture.
Ankit Kumar Singh*
The Graduate School, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (110 012), India
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi (110 012), India
Anita Sarkar
Prabhat Kumar
Manoj Varma
Satyam Verma
Kaushal Kumar Yadav
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