In the present study, a set of six female (lines) and seven restorers (testers) pearl millet were crossed in Line × Tester mating fashion. The newly synthesized hybrids evaluated for yield performance during Summer, 2020. high magnitude SCA variance indicates predominance non-additive gene action all characters. Hence, heterosis breeding method is suggested to exploit this kind action. estimate...

The present study was undertaken to estimate the magnitude of heterosis forty-five hybrids derived from fourteen parents (9 line and 5 tester) maize through × tester mating design. These were evaluated for kernel yield its component characters over better parent standard check. analysis revealed that heterobeltiosis per plant ranged -36.33 68.64 cent, while -10.56 100.99 cent. cross viz., BLD 2...