[PDF][PDF] Combining ability and heterosis in plant improvement

T Begna - Open Journal of Plant Science, 2021 - academia.edu
Abstract Information on combining ability and heterosis of parents and crossings is crucial in
breeding efforts. Genetic variety is crucial to the effectiveness of yield improvement efforts …

Role of seed priming to enhance growth and development of crop plants against biotic and abiotic stresses

HSB Mustafa, T Mahmood, A Ullah, A SHAH… - Bulletin of Biological …, 2017 - bbasr.org
Maize is an important cereal crop grown throughout the world for its grain and green fodder.
It is used as food for human and feed for animals. Maize is a crop that is most susceptible to …

Screening for drought tolerance: comparison of maize hybrids under water deficit condition

Q Ali, M Ahsan, N Kanwal, F Ali… - … in Life sciences, 2016 - submission.als-journal.com
Background: Maize is an important cereal crop, grown throughout the globe for human food
and livestock feed, but biotic and abiotic factors had shown adverse effects on biomass and …

Phenotypic Stability of Zea mays Grain Yield and Its Attributing Traits under Drought Stress

F Ali, M Ahsan, Q Ali, N Kanwal - Frontiers in plant science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Phenotypic stability under stress environment facilitate the fitness of genotype and opens
new horizons to explore the cryptic genetic variation. Variation in tolerance to drought stress …

Isolation, characterization and inter-relationship of phosphate solubilizing bacteria from the rhizosphere of sugarcane and rice

M Awais, M Tariq, A Ali, Q Ali, A Khan… - Biocatalysis and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) have the ability to solubilize insoluble phosphorus to
make it available for plant roots to be absorbed. In this study, isolation of rhizobacteria and …

Transformation, evaluation of gtgene and multivariate genetic analysis for morpho-physiological and yield attributing traits in Zea mays

K Aaliya, Z Qamar, NI Ahmad, Q Ali, FA Munim… - Genetika, 2016 - doiserbia.nb.rs
Maize is the 3rd major crop grown all over the world that fulfills the needs of millions of
people. Various biotic and abiotic factors caused reduction in grain yield of maize, among …

Role of Zinc Sulphate for Maize (Zea mays L.) and Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) yield improvement: a review

A Ahmad, M Tahir - Bulletin of Biological and Allied Sciences Research, 2017 - bbasr.org
Maize is an important cereal crop grown throughout the world for its grain and green fodder.
It is used as food for human and feed for animals. Maize is a crop that is most susceptible to …

[PDF][PDF] Line× tester analysis across equatorial environments to study combining ability of Indonesian maize inbred.

NN Andayani, M Aqil, R Efendi, M Azrai - 2018 - researchgate.net
Selection of optimal combination in hybrid development is crucial to successful breeding
program and key determining factor for generating superior variety. Knowledge of gene …

[PDF][PDF] Regression of grain yield of maize inbred lines and their diallel crosses on elevated levels of soil-nitrogen

AMM Al-Naggar, R Shabana… - … Journal of Plant & …, 2015 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Maize grain yield response to elevated levels of soil nitrogen is dependent upon genotype of
the cultivar. Thus the optimum rate of N-fertilizer differs from maize genotype to another …

[PDF][PDF] Correlation analysis for grain and its contributing traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

SA Masood, S Ahmad, M Kashif, Q Ali - Nat Sci, 2014 - academia.edu
Among the parents, genotypes; 9595, 9703, AARI-11 and Millat-11, had the most desirable
mean value for number of spikelets/spike, awn length, plant height, grain yield/plant and …