Determination of Combining Ability and Type of Gene Action Using Half-Diallel Cross Among Seven S6 White Maize Inbred Lines
Abd El-Zaher, I. (2021). Determination of Combining Ability and Type of Gene Action Using Half-Diallel Cross Among Seven S6 White Maize Inbred Lines. EKB Journal Management System, 12(11), 1157-1163. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2021.205983
I. N. Abd El-Zaher. "Determination of Combining Ability and Type of Gene Action Using Half-Diallel Cross Among Seven S6 White Maize Inbred Lines". EKB Journal Management System, 12, 11, 2021, 1157-1163. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2021.205983
Abd El-Zaher, I. (2021). 'Determination of Combining Ability and Type of Gene Action Using Half-Diallel Cross Among Seven S6 White Maize Inbred Lines', EKB Journal Management System, 12(11), pp. 1157-1163. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2021.205983
Abd El-Zaher, I. Determination of Combining Ability and Type of Gene Action Using Half-Diallel Cross Among Seven S6 White Maize Inbred Lines. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 12(11): 1157-1163. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2021.205983

Determination of Combining Ability and Type of Gene Action Using Half-Diallel Cross Among Seven S6 White Maize Inbred Lines

Journal of Plant Production
Article 4, Volume 12, Issue 11, November 2021, Page 1157-1163  XML PDF (1.03 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2021.205983
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I. N. Abd El-Zaher email
Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch
Abstract
Seven S6 white maize inbred lines were derived from selfing of S4 inbred lines of two populations; three way cross-324 and Giza-2 were used as parents of a 7 x 7 half-diallel cross and were obtained on 21 F1 crosses. These 7 S6 inbred lines and their 21 F1 crosses along with the 2 checks i.e., SC-128 and SC-129 were evaluated at Experimental Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch in 2021. Highly significant differences were detected among genotypes, parents, crosses, parents vs. crosses, general and specific combining abilities for all traits. σ2GCA/σ2SCA was less than the unity for all traits. The 4 crosses; P4 x P7, P5 x P6, P5 x P7 and P6 x P7 possessed desirable significant positive heterotic effects for increasing grain yield/plant relative to the checks SC-128 and SC-129, and among them the 3 crosses; P5 x P6, P5 x P7 and P6 x P7, also possessed significant negative desirable standard heterotic effects for tasseling and silking earliness relative to both the checks. The 2 parents; P6 andP7, which derived  from Giza-2 population could be considered as good general combiners for improving maize genotypes for earliness and high yielding ability. The 9 crosses; P1 × P2, P1 × P4, P1 × P5, P2 × P6, P3 × P4, P3 × P7, P5 × P6, P5 × P7 and P6 × P7 possessed significant positive desirable SCA effects for high yielding ability, as well as significant negative desirable SCA effects for earliness. The dominance was in over dominance range for all the studied traits, where the average degree of dominance was more than one.
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