“…The gca: sca ratios were less than unity for all other traits suggesting that these characters were governed predominantly by non-additive component. Similar kind of non-additive gene action was reported earlier for kernel yield per plant, pod yield per plant (Shoba et al, 2010, Gor et al, 2013, Prabhu et al, 2014and Waghmode et al, 2017, primary branches per plant, pegs per plant, pods per plant (Jivani et al, 2009), mature pods per plant and 100-kernel weight (Shaik Nisar Ahmed, 1995, Ganesan et al, 2010, for shelling percentage (Kuchanur et al, 1997, Mothilal et al, 2010 and for pod yield (Makne et al, 1992, Dasaradha et al, 2004, Ganesan et al, 2010and Mothilal et al, 2010. Similarly the importance of additive gene action in the inheritance of days to maturity was reported by Basu et al, (1987) whereas for plant height both additive and non-additive gene effects were reported by Habib et al, (1985).…”