Beta
326331

GENERAL AND SPECIFIC COMBINING ABILITY OF NEW WHITE MAIZE INBRED LINES FOR SOME AGRONOMIC TRAITS

Article

Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Seven new white maize inbred lines were crossed with three testers in 2021 growing season at Ismailia Research Station. The resulting 21 crosses plus four standard checks were evaluated in 2022 growing season at three locations (Ismailia, Sakha and Sids) to estimate combining ability effects and identify the superior crosses. A randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications was used. The data were collected on number of days to 50% silking, ear height, plant height, number of rows per ear, number of kernels per row and grain yield. Mean squares due to locations were significant or highly significant for all studied traits. Mean squares due to crosses and their partitions; lines, testers and lines × testers interaction were significant or highly significant for all studied traits, except testers for number of kernels per row. The parental lines (Ism7246 and Ism7253) possess high desirable GCA effects for grain yield, earliness and lower ear placement. The two single crosses (Ism6084×Sk13) and (Ism7246×Sk13) and the three three-way crosses (Ism8093×SC10), (Ism6084×SC131) and (Ism7253×SC131) out-yielded the standard checks SC10 and TWC321, respectively. Ear height and plant height were controlled mainly by additive gene effects meanwhile, number of days to 50% silking, number of rows per ear, number of kernels per row and grain yield were controlled by non-additive gene effects.

DOI

10.12816/ejpb.2023.326331

Keywords

Zea mays, Line × tester, GCA, SCA, Additive, Non-additive, gene action

Volume

27

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

43126

Issue Date

2023-08-01

Receive Date

2023-11-16

Publish Date

2023-08-01

Page Start

383

Page End

397

Print ISSN

1110-7863

Online ISSN

2735-3885

Link

https://ejpb.journals.ekb.eg/article_326331.html

Detail API

https://ejpb.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=326331

Order

326,331

Type

Original research

Type Code

1,909

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Plant Breeding

Publication Link

https://ejpb.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

GENERAL AND SPECIFIC COMBINING ABILITY OF NEW WHITE MAIZE INBRED LINES FOR SOME AGRONOMIC TRAITS

Details

Type

Article

Created At

28 Dec 2024