Heritability estimates for yield and related traits based on testcross progeny performance of resistant maize inbred lines

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 438-443

  Ali, Farhan ^a,b   Muneer, Mareeya ^c   Rahman, Hidayatur ^c   Noor, Muhammad ^c   Durrishahwar, ^c   Shaukat, Sabina ^c   Yan, Jianbing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Cereal Crops Research Institute   (Pakistan)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Early generation testing; Heritability; Maize grain yield; Southern leaf blight

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; GRAIN WEIGHT; GRAIN YIELD; HERITABILITY; INBRED STRAIN; LEAF BLIGHT; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PLANT GENETICS; PROGENY; SEED KERNEL; TESTCROSS PROGENY PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80655123548     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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