Breeding of Vegetable, Spice and Tuber Crops

Types of heterosis

Types of heterosis

• Types of heterosis on the basis of two different criteria are given below

On the basis of origin and nature

1. Euheterosis or true heterosis
2. Mutational heterosis
3. Balanced heterosis
4. Pseudoheterosis or luxuriance

On the basis of types of estimation

1. Average or Relative heterosis
2. Heterobeltiosis
3. Useful or standard or Economic heterosis