Genetic diversity in maize is a valuable natural resource and plays a key role in hybrid breeding programs. The present study was conducted to assess the magnitude of genetic diversity among 107 tropical maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines using phenotypic traits. Significant variab...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103161
Sweet corn (Zea mays L. saccharata) is an important specialty maize, valued for its sweetness and nutritional quality with high consumer demand. The development of superior hybrids relies on genetically diverse inbred lines. Advances in genotyping technologies have transformed th...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103119
Heat stress is becoming a major constraint for maize production; therefore heat stress resilience has emerged as an important aspect in maize hybrids targeted for post rainy spring season. Selection of genotypes based on high grain yield under heat stress condition is often misle...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113323
Heat stress severely affects maize yield and productivity, making it essential to identify and select heat-tolerant genotypes. Three hundred seven testcrosses derived from a biparental population were evaluated during summer at two distinct high VPD environments along with four c...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i92880
S. Vinutha Patil, Gangadhara Doggalli, P. H. Kuchanur, P. H. Zaidi, Ayyanagouda Patil, B. Arunkumar, M. T. Vinayana, B. V. Tembhurne, T. C. Suma & K. Seetharam·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2022
Maize (Zea mays L.), a leading cereal worldwide and staple food of many countries, is a multipurpose crop used for human food, animal feed and industry purposes. Maize has wider genetic adaptability to grow under different agro-ecological environments. 29 and 48 DH lines derived...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231403
Sorghum is a major staple food crop for the people in semi-arid areas of Asia. Post-flowering drought is a global constraint of sorghum production. The study aimed to improve stay-green characteristics of GS-23 sorghum variety by transferring stg3A and stg3B QTL`s respectively fr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102747