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Table 2 Cross combinations with desirable SCA effects and resistance against leaf blight and brown spot diseases of maize as combined over years
Parents
Days to
50%
silking
Days to
50%
pollen
shedding
Plant
height
Ear
height
Days to
50%
maturity
Ear
length
Ear
circumf
erence
Kernel
rows/e
ar
Kernel
s/row
Grain
yield
Biologic
al yield
Harv
est
index
Test
weight
Disease
Reaction
Lines /
Females
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Line 13×Early
composite
0.49*
0.42
9.16*
9.37*
0.26
-1.56*
-0.34*
0.37*
1.30*
7.09* -2.60
3.17* 31.14* Resistant
Line
19×KH-2001
-0.17
-0.48*
1.26
-5.42*
-0.10
0.04
-0.05
-0.02
1.73*
6.19* -3.73
2.69* -6.51
Resistant
Line 3×Early
composite
-0.43
-1.00*
2.95
-1.84
-3.07*
0.53
0.01
0.30
0.74*
-1.67 -1.56
-0.97 0.27
Resistant
Line 5×Early
composite
0.49*
0.50*
8.60*
16.32* 0.09
0.99*
0.49*
-0.55*
0.02
0.92
-6.71*
1.36* 31.53* Resistant
Line 10×Early
composite
-0.26
-0.50*
-2.79
22.98* 0.76
-0.31
-0.23
-0.10
1.44*
-0.22 4.25
-0.52 48.92* Resistant
Line 15×Early
composite
-0.84*
-1.00
-6.75*
10.68* -0.66
0.49
0.14
-0.21
-0.53
-0.05 0.25
-0.29 0.09
Resistant
Line 19×Early
composite
0.24
0.84*
-7.51*
5.29*
-0.32
0.44
-0.48*
-0.18
0.13
0.21
-5.10*
0.89
-27.62* Resistant
Line
18×Girija
-1.49*
-0.69*
-4.84*
9.49*
1.01
0.42
0.21
-0.30
-0.78* -0.92 5.65*
-1.37
*
17.31* Resistant
Line
5×KH-2001
-0.42
-0.06
-13.27* -6.72*
-0.19
-0.21
0.02
1.04*
-2.62* -1.50 4.70*
-1.25
*
-1.83
Resistant
Line
18×KH-2001
2.67*
0.94*
4.53*
-6.72*
-0.52
-0.66*
0.09
0.63*
0.27
1.51
-4.16
1.48* 3.45
Resistant
