The present study was carried out to study the variation, broad-sense heritability, genetic
advance, correlation among traits for growth, yield, and its attributing traits in maize …

A total of fourty two maize hybrids produced through a full diallel mating design and seven
parental inbred lines were evaluated in three sites located at different agro-ecological zones …

Understanding the genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance of traits in any plant
population is an important pre-requisite for selection program. This study was designed to …

An investigation was carried out in sweet corn to evaluate seven lines, seven testers and
their 49 crosses during Kharif 2017. The study revealed highly significant differences among …

Twenty four inbred lines developed by the Ethiopian National Maize Breeding Program were
evaluated at Jimma Agricultural Research Center during the main season of the year 2016 …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important cereal crop cultivated across all agro-ecologies in
Ghana, but productivity in farmer's fields is generally low (1.7 t/ha). The low maize …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the important cereal crops and occupies a prominent position
in global agriculture after wheat and rice. Maize has diversified uses as food and industrial …

Maize is one of the most important cereal crops globally after wheat and rice and holds a
unique position in world agriculture as food, feed and source of diverse industrially important …

Abstract Knowledge of the genetic components of variances and inter-relationships between
yield and its quality traits will improve the efficiency of breeding programmes through the use …

Research Note Variability studies of quantitative characters in Maize (Zea mays L.) Page 1
Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 3(4): 995-997 (Dec 2012) ISSN 0975-928X http://sites.google.com/site/ejplantbreeding …