Heritability, heterosis and genetic advance in three hybrids of maize (Zea mays) that resistant to maize stalk borer Sesamia cretica


Abstract in English

The experiment was grown in a Randomized Complete Blocks Design with three replications, to estimate the heterosis, degree of dominance and the inbreeding depression of three hybrids of maize.

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