Mohamed M. Kamara1, Fatmah A. Safhi2, Nora M. Al Aboud3, Maha Aljabri3, Samah A. Alharbi3, Hesham S. Ghazzawy4,5, Mohammed O. Alshaharni6, Eman Fayad7, Wessam F. Felemban8,9, Diaa Abd El-Moneim10, Abdallah A. Hassanin11, Imen Ben Abdelmalek12,*, Abdelraouf M. Ali13, Elsayed Mansour14,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.12, pp. 3465-3485, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.058628
- 31 December 2024
Abstract Developing high-yield maize hybrids is critical for sustaining maize production, especially in the face of rapid climate changes and the growing global population. Exploring the genetic diversity and combining ability in parental inbreds is needed for developing such high-yielding hybrids. Consequently, this study aimed at evaluating parental genetic diversity employing simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers, estimating effects of general (GCA) and specific (SCA) combining abilities for grain yield and yield contributing characters, identifying high yielding hybrids, and evaluating the association of SCA effects and performance of hybrids with genetic distance. Half-diallel mating scheme was utilized… More >
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