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Estimates of combining ability for grain yield and other agronmic traits in yellow maize hybrids

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Nineteen yellow maize (zea mays L.) inbred lines were top crossed with two inbred lines testers; GZ 658 and SD 3120 in season 2015. In 2016 summer season, these 38 crosses were evaluated in a randomized complete blocks designs experiment with four replications at two locations; Sakha and Sids, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt. Locations mean square were highly significant for all traits. Mean squares of crosses and their partitions (lines, testers and lines x testers) showed highly significant for all traits under this study except, testers mean square for ear height and ear diameter and lines x testers for ear height and ear length. The additive and additive x additive gene actions played more important in the inheritance traits; days to 50% silking, ear length, ear diameter and grain yield, while, the non- additive gene actions in the inheritance traits pant and ear height.The inbred lines (L1, L7 and L14) and the tester GZ 658had desirable positive and significant (g^i) for grain yield (ard/ fad) (ardab (ard) =140 kg, faddan (fad) = 4200 m2). Five crosses:  L1 x Gz 658 (35.86 ard/ fad), L2 x Gz 658(34.86 ard/ fad), L7 x Sd 3120 (35.66 ard/ fad), L14 x Gz 658 (35.20 ard/ fad) and L15 x Gz 658 (34.79 ard/ fad) had highly significant for grain yield (ard/ fad) more than the highest check Sc 168 (30.13 ard/ fad).

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10.21608/aasj.2018.56372

Keywords

Zea mays, top cross, Combining ability, Genotype x environment, yellow maize

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Aboyousef

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Maize Research Department, Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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Gamea

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A.A.

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Maize Research Department, Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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hamdygamea@yahoo.com

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Mohamed

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M.El.

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Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

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3

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5123

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2018-12-01

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2019-04-01

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2018-12-01

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113

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121

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2535-1680

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2535-1699

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Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal

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Estimates of combining ability for grain yield and other agronmic traits in yellow maize hybrids

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22 Jan 2023