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Heterosis in Varietal Crosses of Maize

S. A. AKHTAR and T. P. SINGH
Volume : 68
Issue: Jan-jan
Pages: 47 - 51
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.003185
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Abstract

Five randomised flint parents, five dent parents and the 25 crosses between them were planted yield and flowering block date. design with four replications to study the heterotic response for grain for yield and A large number of crosses showed high degree of heterosis performance earliness over mid parents. A close association was recorded between the programme has of parents baen and their hybrids. The utility of such crosses in maize breeding discussed.

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https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.003185
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47 - 51
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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