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Table 4 Mean performance of Parents for No. and weight of green ears/plant, pant height, ear height, No. of kernels/ear, 1000 dry
grain weight and grain yield/plant at 15%moisture
No. of green
ears/plant
Weight of green
ears/plant (g)
Plant height
(cm)
Ear height
(cm)
No. of kernels/ear 1000 dry grain
weight (g)
Grain yield/plant at
15% moisture (g)
BAUIM-3
1.20
213.34
141.72
57.08
290.14
170.00
58.45
CM111
1.20
222.91
134.42
50.65
275.85
173.33
57.84
CM151
1.20
219.47
127.63
54.53
284.08
192.00
53.19
CM152
1.20
183.32
119.55
48.23
291.92
142.33
62.14
BAU1M-1
1.20
235.83
141.18
60.72
326.72
185.33
61.96
BAU1M-4
1.32
373.37
132.23
59.63
342.27
211.00
67.77
V341
1.26
223.09
117.37
60.03
324.59
195.83
53.84
1025
1.20
235.33
119.25
50.47
288.09
178.50
51.91
BQPM-2
1.30
236.68
149.00
64.90
349.58
204.33
66.60
BQPM-4
1.17
218.25
146.13
62.80
326.73
160.67
62.38
CML161
1.30
222.91
143.70
62.28
292.58
197.33
58.29
V351
1.24
218.54
124.75
54.47
286.66
185.17
46.35
CM-150
1.20
205.88
145.63
55.08
305.06
138.67
49.38
BAU1M-2
1.20
218.03
140.77
58.00
314.85
201.83
52.70
K1105
1.20
219.44
130.13
50.28
286.56
203.67
50.55
HKI 193-1 1.20
234.32
140.70
50.43
278.73
166.67
64.18
HKI-163
1.20
218.43
119.52
50.15
342.23
168.00
65.88
Mean
1.22
229.36
148.92
63.77
348.18
196.20
58.23
Sem+
0.07
9.56
3.42
3.23
6.71
6.00
3.82
CD at 5%
0.18
26.50
9.52
8.96
18.61
16.62
10.59
Note: Maximum and minimum values in Bold figure
BAU1M-4 and BQPM-2 were the most productive
with respect to number and weight of marketable
husked green ears and grain yield. Therefore, the
cultivars differ with each other when different corn
exploiting purposes are taken into account (Itala Paula
et al., 2003).
Acknowledgement
The work has been carried out in Ph.D. programme under the
financial support of Department of Science and Technology,
Govt. of India for professional fellowship through INSPIRE
programme.
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