Selection of parental materials and good mating designs in conventional plant breeding are
the keys to the successful plant breeding programme. However, there are several factors …

Major improvement in sunflower breeding requires heterotic hybrids which can be achieved
by tapping combining ability of F 1 hybrids developed from crossing of two genetically …

The gradual decline in cowpea production in Nigeria, the largest cowpea producing country,
has been of concern. Hence, assessment of challenges and constraints to cowpea …

Application of machine learning in plant breeding is a recent concept, that has to be
optimized for precise utilization in the breeding program of high yielding crop plants …

Eight sunflower inbred lines were crossed in 8× 8 diallel fashion (without reciprocal) and 28
F 1 were developed at Oilseed Research Centre (ORC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research …

Sorghum in Mexico ranks third in grain production. This study aimed to estimate general
combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) for commercial and …

Eight lines and six testers of sunflower were crossed using line x tester method. The 48 F1
single cross combinations along with their parents and two checks were planted in simple …

The present investigation was undertaken with a view to estimate extent of heterosis, per se
performance, combining ability, genotype x environment interactions and stability …

The development of sunflower hybrids with high genetic potential for seed and oil yields
requires information on the general combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability …

Among Brassica species, Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun) is known to
tolerate most abiotic stresses, including drought. Drought caused by low and erratic rainfall …