Performance of full sibs and their open-pollinated progenies in two varieties of maize
Two experiments were conducted to evaluate whether the yielding ability of maize can be improved by bulking superior full sibs and/or their open-pollinated progenies. The results indicated that bulking of superior full sibs yielded 14.4% more in Local Flint and 11.9% in Metro. However, when bulking...
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Faculty of Agriculture, University of Malaya
1974
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38481/1/36.%2038481.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38481/ |
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| Summary: | Two experiments were conducted to evaluate whether the yielding ability of maize can be improved by bulking superior full sibs and/or their open-pollinated progenies. The results indicated that bulking of superior full sibs yielded 14.4% more in Local Flint and 11.9% in Metro. However, when bulking was done on their respective open· pollinated progenies, they yielded 35.9% less in Local Flint and 11.8% in Metro. Selection for yield has shown some corresponding improvement in yield components
but did not have a significant effect on plant and ear heights nor on the tasselling date
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