This study was conducted at the farm of Faculty of Agricultural-Kharabo as
an intensive planting during 2011 and 2012 growth seasons. Using RCB design
with two replications to study some genetic indices and simple linear
correlation between yield
and quality traits of 79 families selected from Sh
population, improved by Full-sib selection. Results revealed that traits, silking
days, protein percentage and oil percentage were affected by additive gene
action while plant height and starch percentage were affected by non-additive
gene action. Results also revealed that grain yield showed positive significant
correlation with starch percentage (r=0.94*) and negative significant
correlation with plant height (r=-0.95*) and protein percentage (r=-0.52*)
indicating that less selection cycles are needed to improve families with high
yield and starch percentage contents with early silking days (intensive planting)
and medium plant height (machining cropper).