The present investigation was conducted across three diverse locations, RARS, Nandyal; ARS, Podalakur; and RARS, Lam, Guntur. Two lines and eight testers were crossed following a Line × Tester design during rabi 2021–22 and rabi 2022–23 to generate sixteen hybrids. These hybrids,...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i44195
The experiment was confined to sixteen rabi sorghum hybrids (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench), developed by crossing two female lines (AKMS 66-2A and 104A) with eight testers (RSLG 262, M 35-1, SPV 2758, SPV 2468, R 3777, R 196, R 91012 and PVK 801). These hybrids, along with the che...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i34044
Stay-green is an important trait for improving drought tolerance and yield stability in sorghum under water-limited conditions. The present study aimed to assess the stay-green related molecular diversity and its association with grain yield in sorghum hybrids. Molecular analysis...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i23686
A novel temperature induction response (TIR) technique in Sorghum was standardized as sub lethal i.e. challenging temperatures of 38-56oC (for 5 hours) and lethal temperatures of 57oC (for 3 hours). Using this standardized TIR protocol, highly thermo tolerant genotypes were scree...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i114554
The present study was carried out in the Autumn 2020-21 using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Forty-two different genotypes of rice were evaluated in this investigation. These genotypes were assessed based on 21 quantitative traits, which includ...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i224161
Salt stress is a common abiotic stress that significantly restricts crop development and productivity. Physiological alterations in response to salt stress were assessed for fourteen rice varieties during the panicle initiation stage at 120mM NaCl. Statistical analysis program (S...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i232530
A total of 11 maize inbred lines were crossed with 4 testers in a line × tester mating design (Kempthorne, 1957), generating 44 F₁ test crosses. These, along with 11 lines, 4 testers, and 5 checks (64 genotypes), were evaluated in a simple lattice design with two replications dur...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i53915
This research evaluated the genetic diversity and character association among 45 sunflower inbred lines. Principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis were used to estimate diversity among the inbred lines. The PCA revealed that the first three principal co...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i103839
The present investigation aimed to study the genetic diversity of 45 sunflower inbred lines to identify genetically distinct parents for hybridization, facilitating the development of high yielding hybrid cultivars. The field experiment was carried out during the Rabi 2023-2024 a...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i92382
Micronutrient malnutrition, particularly iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) deficiencies, remains a major global health concern, highlighting the need for rice biofortification. Validating molecular markers linked to grain nutritional traits is essential for their effective use in marker-as...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i84175
The present study was conducted at the Agricultural Research Station (ARS), Peddapuram, Andhra Pradesh, during rabi 2022–23 using a simple lattice design to evaluate 64 maize genotypes, including 44 test crosses, 11 lines, 4 testers and 5 checks. The test crosses were developed t...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i53887