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Heterosis for Grain Yield and its Components in Spring Wheat Crosses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

A. Rehman Chowdhry ,
Amir Mohammad  and
Mohammad Zarif Qazi
A. Rehman Chowdhry
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, West Pakistan Agricultural University, Lyallpur, Pakistan
Amir Mohammad
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, West Pakistan Agricultural University, Lyallpur, Pakistan
Mohammad Zarif Qazi
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, West Pakistan Agricultural University, Lyallpur, Pakistan
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Summary

Ten wheat crosses between tall local varieties C228 and C591, a short local variety C271, and short Mexican varieties Penjamo, Nainari 60, Pitic 62 and Sonora 64, were field-tested under irrigation for heterosis for plant height, grain yield, spikes per plant and kernels per spike. Heterosis occurred to a greater degree for the last three attributes in some of the crosses, with the greatest heterotic expression in crosses involving Penjamo and Pitic 62 and the local variety C591.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , July 1972 , pp. 235 - 239
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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