This study was conducted using data from single crosses(partial diallel) of 9 male lines - group 1 - (LL, TL, ZL, TT, LT, ZT, ZZ, LZ, TL), 9 female lines of group 2 (PP, KP, VP, KK, PK, VK, VV, PV, KV), to evaluate general combining ability of productions traits of broiler lines using principal components analyses The eleven production traits analyzed, were,: fertility at 32nd,38th, 42nd and 49th weeks of age, hatchability at 32nd, body weight at day of age, body weight and feed : gain ratio at 42nd days of age, and carcass yield, breast yield and fat pad yield at 42nd day of age. In the general combining ability study of the scores of the first six principal components the lines 2, 5 and 9 of group I and line 9' of group 2 stood out. In this work the principal component was not an efficient thechnique of analyses.
combining ability; broiler lines; principal components
