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Neya et al., J. Appl. Biosci. 2017 Diallel analysis of pod yield and 100 seeds weight in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) using GRIFFING and HAYMAN methods. 11619Journal of Applied Biosciences 116: 11619-11627 ISSN 1997-5902 Diallel analysis of pod yield and 100 seeds weight in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) using GRIFFING and HAYMAN methods. ABSTRACT Objectives: The lack of information on yield and yield components are an obstacle in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) breeding for productivity improvement in BURKINA FASO. This work is to elucidate the mode of heritability of genes that govern 100 seed weight and pod yield, and identify the best parents for recommendation in hybridization programs. Materials and methods: A 6 x 6 full diallel with breeding lines such as GM656, NAMA, PC79-79, AS, SH470P and CN94C; was conducted. Two models were used, one of GRIFFING (1956) and the second of HAYMAN (1954), to detect the general (GCA) and specific (SCA) combining ability. GCA/SCA ˂ 1 for 100 seed weight and GCA / SCA ˃ 1 for pod yield. D-H1 difference reveals existence of an over dominance for 100 seed weight and partial dominance for pods yield. Heritability in the narrow sense is 48.7% for the pod yield and 55.3% for the weight of 100 seeds. Conclusion and Application of results:These results show that the pod yield is governed by genes with additive effects and non-additive effects with more additivity effects. However, the weight of 100 seed is essentially governed by genes with additive and non-additive effects with a preponderance of non-additive effects and dominance. HAYMAN graphical analysis indicates that CN94C, SH470P, AS have a lot more genes that control pods yield and 100 seed weight. These breeding lines may be recommended in hybridization for improvement of productivity. The importance of Reciprocal effects (RCE) shows that we must consider maternal effects in hybridization for breeding programs. In these programme

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Chemical analysis of aqueous extract of Ziziphus mucronata Willd. was determined by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis. Among the 11 compounds found, catechin, rutin (quercetin 3-O-rutinoside), delphinidin-3-glucoside, isoquercetin (hyperoside) and quercitrin (quercetine3,7-O-L-dirhanmopyranoside) were identified as the major phenolics components in this aqueous plant extract. To elute the target compounds, the fractionation of crude extract was carried out on solid phase extraction (SPE) columns. The different fractions (from FZ1 to FZ5) obtained after fractionation were evaluated in vitro against economically important foliar fungal pathogens of peanut, including Cercospora arachidicola, Phaeoisariopsis personata and Puccinia arachidis. The treatments with Z. mucronata fractions were compared with negative control (water) and standard solutions of cathechin and rutin (1 mg/mL). All the fractions recorded an inhibitory effect, firstly on conidial germination and germ tube elongation, secondly on disease evolution on peanut leaves previously inoculated by fungi; the level of efficiency of inhibition varied from 40.55 (FZ1 against C. arachidicola) to 57.14% (FZ2 and FZ3 against P. arachidis). Then, spores of P. arachidis seemed to be more sensitive to the treatment.