Water deficit is a pivotal abiotic stress that detrimentally constrains rice growth and
production. Thereupon, the development of high-yielding and drought-tolerant rice …

Diallel crosses have been widely used for analysis of general combining ability (GCA),
specific combining ability (SCA) and heterosis. In the present research, 12 lines were …

Polyploidization has played an important role in plant evolution and is a pathway for plants
to increase genetic diversification and to get higher heterosis comparing with that of diploid …

Abstract Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flüggé) is one of the main components of the South
American grasslands, and it is cultivated for forage and turf around the world. At present …

Exploration of and understanding diversity and variability in genotypes of germplasm
determines the success of rice improvement programs. One of the most important …

Abstract Information on parental genetic distance and combining ability is a fundamental
prerequisite for hybrid rice breeding. Based on a study of genetic diversity using molecular …

Agronomical traits and SSR markers were used to analyze genetic diversity of 142 parent
lines of sweet sorghum. Parent lines were clustered into 5 groups based on agronomical …

The yield potential of japonica/indica hybrids (JIH) has been achieved over 13.5 t ha− 1 in
large-scale rice fields, and some physiological traits for yield advantage of JIH over japonica …

This investigation was conducted at Agriculture Research Station, Sakha, Kafr El-Sheikh,
Egypt, during 2017 and 2018 seasons to study combining ability, gene action, heterosis, and …

Late-maturity type of Yongyou japonica/indica hybrids series (LMYS) have shown great yield
potential, and are being widely planted in the lower reaches of Yangtze River, China …