Character Association of Grain Yield with some Yield Components in Maize (Zea Mays L.)
Abstract Correlation coefficients and path analysis were computed for grain yield with some of the yield components in maize namely ear length, ear girth, grain number per ear and 1000 kernal weight in 10 parents and their all possible 45 direct crosses. The...
Fertilizer Responsiveness and Yield Potential of Hybrid Maize
Potential of Hybrid Maize Field experiments were conducted on sandy loam soils (Alf sols of low to medium soil fertility status) at Rajendranagar campus, Hyderabad during two successive kharif seasons of 1991 and 1992 at the same site leaving the land fallow between...
Hybrid seed production technology of maize in Andhra Pradesh
Hybrid seed production technology of maize in Andhra Pradesh has great potentialities in contributing to total food production in India. It is cultivated in about 0.3 million ha in Andhra Pradesh especially in the districts of Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad,...
Genetic Studies of Late Wilt and Turcicum Leaf Blight Resistance in Maize
Grain yield losses in maize due to Late Wilt and Turcicum Leaf Blight in Maize (up to 100%0 (Jain and Kothari, 1983), (29-91%) (UIIstrup, 1952) have been reported. Both these diseases are considered as the major diseases on maize crop in peninsular India including...





