The present investigation was planned to understand the variability and inter-relationship among various nutritional quality attributes of maize kernels identify potential donors respective traits for future hybridization programs. Sixty-three inbred lines were processed estimation protein, starch, fat, sugar, 100-kernel weight, specific gravity, moisture level grain. results reveal that a wide...

Abstract: Grain yield is a complex phenomenon which results from the interaction of various contributing factors highly influenced by environmental variation. Phenotypic selection cannot directly improve the characters in heterozygous crops like maize unless dissected by genetic analysis. Gene action for various quantitative and qualitative traits was explored in a complete set of diallel invol...

Body composition and meat quality traits are important economic traits of chickens. The development of high-throughput genotyping platforms and relevant statistical methods have enabled genome-wide association studies in chickens. In order to identify molecular markers and candidate genes associated with body composition and meat quality traits, genome-wide association studies were conducted us...

Cultivating new alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) varieties with high yield and quality is of great significance for improving promoting the development grass livestock industry. Plant height an important indicator closely related to photosynthetic capacity, harvest index yield. However, underlying cause variation in among plants not clear. In this paper, we measured phenotypic traits, physiology en...

A large amount of oyster mushrooms is wasted every year due to post-harvest losses/decays. An experiment was conducted to observe the effect of low temperature to extend shelf life and nutritional quality of oyster mushroom. The experiment consisted of two treatments including: mushrooms stored at ambient (25 °C) temperature or stored at 3 °C temperature. The experiment wa...

The parasitic weed, Striga species, is among the major causes of yield and quality losses cereal legume crops in sub-Saharan Africa. development nutritionally enhanced genetic resources with resistance an overriding consideration sorghum breeding programs. objective this study was to determine variability 12 elite newly bred (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) lines variable for agronomic performance...

Lead (Pb) caused interruptions with normal plant metabolism, crop yield losses and quality issues are of great concern. This study assessed the physio-biochemical responses, yield and grain quality traits and Pb distribution proportions in three different fragrant rice cultivars i.e., Meixiangzhan-2, Xinagyaxiangzhan and Basmati-385. Plants were exposed to 400, 800, and 1,200 ppm of Pb while po...

Sesame is an important oil crop for the high oil content and quality. The seed oil and protein contents are two important traits in sesame. To identify the molecular markers associated with the seed oil and protein contents in sesame, we systematically performed the association mapping among 369 worldwide germplasm accessions under 5 environments using 112 polymorphic SSR markers. The general l...

Kiwifruit requires a high quantity of nutrients that must be supplied through fertilization to obtain an optimum yield on a sustainable basis. This research was conducted to evaluate different fertilization methods including broadcast application (as control), deep placement of the fertilizer and fertigation, alone or in combination with foliar application and their effects on the yield, leaf m...