Twelve inbred lines were crossed with each of five testers in a line× tester design to evaluate
combining ability and heterosis to identify promising hybrids of maize for various characters …

The study was conducted at two sites, University of Khartoum the experimental farm, faculty
of Agriculture, Shambat and at west of Khartoum state, Elrawkeeb Dry Land Research …

The present study was conducted to evaluate the genetic architecture of five diverse maize
genotypes using combining ability analyses. General combining ability (GCA) mean squares …

Combining ability estimation are important genetic attributes for maize breeders in
anticipating improvement in productivity via hybridization and selection. Maize exhibits …

The present study was conducted to assess the general combining ability effects of parents
and specific combining ability effects of hybrids for yield and yield related traits and explore …

Determination of combining abilities and heterosis of parental lines is very important in
selecting the mutant lines and in deciding breeding strategies for maize hybrid production …

Ten maize inbreds were crossed as lines to eight testers (Quality Protein Maize donors) in
Line X Tester mating design to generate eighty F1 crosses. The ninety-nine genotypes …

White corn grits, is classified as a special type, along with mini-corn, popcorn and sweet corn
and they represent specific market niches. Their production aggregates greater value to the …

Utilization of stress tolerant maize is key to sustainable production and food security. Limited
knowledge on genetics of drought tolerance hampers development of drought tolerant …

Development of inbred lines is a routine activity in hybrid maize breeding program.
Understanding the relative importance of general (GCA) and specific (SCA) combining …