The experiment was laid out at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu. India and the materials for this study consisted of three TGMS lines viz., TS 29, TS 6 and GD 98013 and 11 testers viz., ADT 39, ADT 41, Pusa Basmathi 1, Basmathi 370, Improved White ponni, AD 98028, GEB 24, ADT 43, ADT 45, Taroari Basmathi and Jeeraga samba. Crossing was done according to clipping ...