Abstract:An experiment was conducted during 2014–18 at Agricultural Research Station, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Karimnagar, Telangana to find out the relationship between heterosis, potence ratio and genetic distance for yield contributing characters in maize (Zea mays L.). Heterosis was trait dependent exhibiting high level for plant height, ear height, ear length, kernels/row, 100-kernel weight, grain yield and fodder yield. Two hybrids BML-51 × BML-14 (22.1%) and BML-51 × BML-6 (… Show more
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