This study was conducted at the farm of Faculty of Agricultural –Kharabo
as an intensive crop during 201 and 2012 growing seasons. Using the
Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with two replications to study
some genetic indices for grain yiel
d and its components, of 79 families of the
Sh group of maize improved by Full-sib selection. The results indicated that
the broad sense heritability ranged from high to moderate for some yield
components (number of kernels per row, number of rows per ear, ear length,
ear diameter, the weight of whole ear, whole kernel weight and grain yield and
it was 49.6, 52.9, 46.3 79.7, 56.74, 51 and 85.2%) respectively. Additive gene
action appeared to be controlling number of kernel per row, number of rows
per ear, ear length, ear diameter،,grain yiel, the weight of whole ea, kernel
weight indicating less selection cycles are required to improve yield depending
on its components.
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).
