Field performance of three-way cross yellow and white maize hybrids in Nepal
Maize hybrids can increase production, bridge the yield gap, and boost up domestic production in Nepal. Three-way cross hybrid introduces an alternative to produce low cost hybrid seed for resource poor farmers. A study was performed to identify promising yellow and white maize hybrids developed by International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT), Mexico in Rampur, Nepal. Nineteen three-way cross white maize hybrids with two checks and seventeen yellow maize hybrids with one check were tested in field experiments on 2017 and 2018. Treatments were replicated twice in α-lattice design with each experimental plot of 9.6-m2 (4-m × 2.4-m). AF17A-426-13/14, AF17A-426-1/2, AF17A-426-28/39, and AF17A-426-15/16 were the three-way cross white hybrids produced grain yield of more than 9000 kg ha-1. Similarly, AF17A-473-20/29 and AF17A-473-18/27 yielded about 9000 kg ha-1 among the three-way cross yellow maize hybrids. These hybrids have commercial potentials to increase maize yield in Nepal if the provided parents are successful in the seed production.
Main Authors: | Tripathi, M.P., Koirala, K.B., Gautam, D., Subedi, S., Upadhyay, J., Shrestha, H.K., Issa, A.B. |
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Format: | Article biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research
2021
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Subjects: | AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, Three-Way Cross Hybrids, White Maize, Yellow Maize, HYBRIDS, CROSS-BREEDING, MAIZE, |
Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10883/21962 |
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