Madras Agricultural Journal
Loading.. Please wait

Home

User Account

Per Se performance of parents and hybrids in maize for grain yield characters

  • Author:K.GEETHA

    p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:87, Issue:jan-mar

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A00417
    Download

Abstract

                                per se performance of 90 hybrids that resulted from 10 parents crossed in a diallel fashion was studied for eight characters. Maximum grain yield per plant was recorded by the cross Prabhath 1 x. UMI 492. The cross which included UMI 760 and Prabhat 1 as parents showed signficant increase in grain yield, plant height, number of grain rows per cob, cob weight and starch content.

Key words : per se performance of 90 hybrids that resulted from 10 parents crossed in a diallel fashion was studied for eight characters. Maximum grain yield per plant was recorded by the cross Prabhath 1 x. UMI 492. The cross which included UMI 760 and Prabhat 1 as parents showed signficant increase in grain yield, plant height, number of grain rows per cob, cob weight and starch content.

footer

Get In Touch

For MASU related issues :
PUBLISHER
SECRETARY
Madras Agricultural Students Union
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore - 641 003
Tamil Nadu, India.

For MAJ related issues :
CHIEF EDITOR
Madras Agricultural Students Union
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore - 641 003
Tamil Nadu, India.

ISSN : 0024-9602
eISSN : 2582-5321

Contact Us

Office: 0422-2966781
Mobile: +91 8300947681

Email: masutnau@gmail.com
masu@tnau.ac.in , maj@tnau.ac.in

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Copyright @ 2023 Madras Agricultural Journal | Masu Journal All right reserved.