Assessment of Variation in Agro-morphological Traits in M3 and M4 Maize Lines | IJAAR 2016

The experimental design was a randomized complete block design in triplicates. During growth data on days to anthesis and silking, flag leaf width and length, number of leaves above the upper ear, harvestable ears plant-1, the diameter of the ear, days to maturity, and grain yield plant-1 was recorded.

Data were analyzed using Genstat 14th edition and the means separated using LSD at 5% level of significance. Results showed significant variations for grain yield plant-1, herbicide tolerance days, days to anthesis and silking, pollen shedding, and flag leaf width among the assessed maize lines. The recorded variations among maize lines suggested that there existed appreciable variation that could be utilized inbreeding.