Combining ability, heterosis and genetic diversity in tropical maize (Zea mays L.) under stress and non-stress conditions

D Makumbi, JF Betrán, M Bänziger, JM Ribaut - Euphytica, 2011 - Springer
Drought and low soil fertility are considered the most important abiotic stresses limiting
maize production in sub-Saharan Africa. Knowledge of the combining ability and diversity of …

Combining abilities of quality protein maize inbreds

S Bhatnagar, FJ Betran, LW Rooney - Crop Science, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Development and adoption of quality protein maize (Zea mays L.)(QPM) would increase the
nutritional value of food and feed maize products. Breeding programs at the International …

[PDF][PDF] The combining ability of maize inbred lines for grain yield and reaction to grey leaf spot disease

D Wegary, H Zelleke, D Abakemal… - East African Journal of …, 2008 - academia.edu
Considering the potential threat of grey leaf spot (GLS) to maize production, the national
maize research program of Ethiopia has been screening local and exotic maize genotypes …

Inheritance of grain yield in a half-diallel maize population

A Ünay, C KONAK, H BAŞAL - Turkish Journal of Agriculture …, 2004 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Inheritance of grain yield, heterosis and combining ability were investigated in maize
populations obtained from half-diallel crossing among 9 inbred parental lines. General and …

[PDF][PDF] An overview of Zea mays for the improvement of yield and quality traits through conventional breeding

Q Ali, M Ahsan, NH Khan, M Waseem, F Ali - Nat Sci, 2014 - researchgate.net
Zea mays is an important cereal crop through out the world. The grain, fodder yield and
quality traits are the most imperative traits to increase demand to improve its production to …

Gene action and combining ability for dual purpose traits in maize (Zea mays L.) under water deficit stress prevailing in eastern India

M Pandit, RP Sah, M Chakraborty… - Range Management …, 2018 - indianjournals.com
The present experiment dealt with for performance of newly developed inbred, development
of newer hybrid combinations, their performance under water deficit stress (WDS) condition …

[HTML][HTML] Estimación de la aptitud combinatoria y heterosis en híbridos no convencionales de maíz con alto contenido de proteína

M Guzmán, D Díaz, C Ramis, R Figueroa-Ruiz… - Bioagro, 2017 - ve.scielo.org
Con el objetivo de estimar los efectos de la actitud combinatoria general (ACG) y específica
(ACE) y el nivel de heterosis, seis híbridos no convencionales de maíz con alta calidad de …

Genetic potential of new maize inbred lines in single-cross hybrid combinations under low-nitrogen stress and optimal conditions

F Makore, C Magorokosho, S Dari, E Gasura… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Maize (Zea mays, L.) productivity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains low, despite
breeding efforts spanning across decades. Currently, three-way cross hybrids (TWCH) …

[PDF][PDF] Combining abilities of maize inbred lines for grain yield and yield components

T Živanović, G Branković, S Radanović - Genetika, 2010 - aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs
Metodom dialelnog recipročnog ukrštanja utvrđene su kombinacione sposobnosti pet inbred
linija kukuruza i njihovih hibridnih kombinacija za prinos zrna, dužinu klipa, prečnik klipa …

Performance of popcorn maize populations in South American Avatí Pichingá using diallel analysis

JMQ Solalinde, CA Scapim, RA Vieira… - Australian Journal of …, 2014 - search.informit.org
The Avati Pichinga population contains genes for resistance to the fungal species that cause
ear rot. This study aimed to develop populations of interest. For this purpose, the diallel …