Genetic Studies on Quality Protein Maize Zea mays L

Abstract

An investigation was carried out with fourteen inbred lines (females) and three testers (male) and these were crossed to produce 42 F1s using the line x tester mating design during rabi, 2020-21. In kharif 2021, 61 genotypes (42 crosses, 14 lines, 3 testers and 2 checks) were evaluated in Randomized Block Design with three replications in three different environments i.e., pre-kharif (date of sowing: 15th May)- E1, kharif (date of sowing: 30th June)- E2, post-kharif (date of sowing: 15th August)- E3. newline