The objectives of this study were to determine the crossing performance of highland maize
inbred lines for grain yield, days to silk and plant height; estimate genetic distance (GD) …

Genetic distance analysis among quality protein maize (QPM) inbred lines and the
correlation of genetic distance with heterosis would help to design breeding strategy and …

Maize (Zea mays L.) single-cross hybrids derived from 12 x 12 half-diallel crosses among
selected inbred lines were evaluated for performance of the hybrids and to determine …

Nine advanced tropical sweet corn (Zea mays L. saccharata) inbred lines were evaluated to
determine their performance, to estimate broad-sense heritability of the traits measured and …

Inbred line development requires information on the nature and magnitude of genetic
variability and transmissibility of desired trait in source populations. In this study, the level of …

Heat resilient maize hybrids are an important input in maize cultivated area coupled with
high temperature during the flowering period, with a specific focus on the Terai region of …

Providing suitable environment for high-kernel sweetness and yield is important for
successful commercialization of sweet corn hybrids. Twenty five super sweet corn genotypes …

Featured Application Information on the genetic potential of parental forms can shorten the
breeding process. Knowledge of the variation of parental forms at the phenotypic and …

Five distinct accessions of sesame were employed in a diallel mating to study combining
abilities and assess potentials for seeds oil quality improvement. Specific combining ability …

Heterosis for morphological traits was examined in maize crosses between inbred lines of
contrasting maturities and plant heights in a field study over two years at CCRI, Pirsabak …