Twenty four hybrids were tested along with eight lines and three testers for various yield and grain characters to understand the nature of gene action in the inheritance of various traits. gca/sca variance analysis exhibited the dominance of non-additive gene action for the traits viz., plant height, flag leaf length, flag leaf width, spikelet fertility, 1000 grain weight, single plant yield, grain length, grain breadth and L/B ratio. The lines ADT (R) 45, ADT 53, CO 54, ANNA (R) 4 and the testers 3-11-11-1 and 3-11-11-2 were determined to be good general combiners since they have contributed alleles with a positive effect on improving essential characters. The hybrids ADT (R) 45 × 3