Breeding for provitamin A biofortification of maize (Zea mays L.)

MA Maqbool, M Aslam, A Beshir, MS Khan - Plant breeding, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Vitamin A deficiency is widely prevailing in children and women of developing countries.
Deficiency of vitamin A causes night blindness, growth retardation, xerophthalmia and …

Combining ability performance and heterotic grouping of maize (Zea mays) inbred lines in testcross formation in Western Amhara, North West Ethiopia

M Elmyhun, C Liyew, A Shita… - Cogent Food & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Development and selections of appropriate parents' are perquisites for hybrid
variety development and need knowledge of heterotic grouping and combining ability. The …

[PDF][PDF] Combining ability analysis for maturity and yield attributes in sweet corn across environments.

T Nadeem, IH Khalil, SA Jadoon - 2023 - researchgate.net
Early maturity and genotype by environment interaction (GEI) have always been challenging
concerns for breeders in selecting appropriate parents for breeding programs. The …

Evaluation and classification of yellow maize inbred lines using line x tester analysis across two locations

KAM Ibrahim, AA Said… - Journal of Plant Production, 2021 - jpp.journals.ekb.eg
Ten yellow maize inbred lines and three testers were top crossed in line× tester scheme in
2019 season. The resulted 30 top crosses with two check hybrids were evaluated at two …

Classical and AMMI methods to select progenies, testers and topcrosses hybrids in corn

RA Matsuzaki, RJB Pinto, CC Jobim, RS Uhdre… - Revista …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
The objectives were to estimate the potential of S2 corn progenies for forage-related traits,
and use of AMMI analysis to evaluate topcrosses compared to the classic analyzes …

[HTML][HTML] Forage potential of S3 corn progenies in topcrosses and selection of testers of different genetic bases

JC Rosa, MV Faria, WL Zaluski, E Gava… - Pesquisa …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
The objective of this work was to identify corn (Zea mays) genotypes with forage potential
and to evaluate the efficiency of testers to discriminate forage traits in topcrosses …

Combining Ability Analyses of Diallel Crosses among Black, Red, and White Rice of Javanica and Japonica Types for Developing New Promising Lines of Rice

IGPM Aryana, W Wangiyana - Nongye Jixie Xuebao/Transactions of the …, 2023 - nyjxxb.net
Cross-breeding between varieties followed by the selection of progenies having good
characteristics is one of the crop breeding techniques for developing new promising …

Investigation of combining ability and superiority percentages for yield and some related traits in yellow maize using line× tester analysis

MA Abdel-Moneam, MS Sultan… - Acta Agraria …, 2020 - ojs.lib.unideb.hu
Combining ability estimation is an important genetic attribute for maize breeders in
anticipating improvement in productivity via hybridization and selection. This research was …

Combining ability and genetic divergence in the selection of testers regarding grain yield and forage potencial in maize topcrosses

JC Rosa, MV Faria, WL Zaluski, RS Uhdre… - Revista Ciência …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Genetic divergence analysis among testers and progenies and the correlation of genetic
distance with combining ability can be an important alternative to select maize progenies …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic assessment of chlorophyll A and B, carotenoids and stomatal conductance in leaf tissue of upland cotton in water stress conditions.

A Rehman, MT Azhar - JAPS: Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 2021 - thejaps.org.pk
Water stress is a major threat to crop production in climate change scenario. Leaf
physiological traits play an important role in maintenance of plant physiological processes …