Genetic diversity is one of the useful tools to select appropriate lines for hybridization. Twenty short</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Ve...Genetic diversity is one of the useful tools to select appropriate lines for hybridization. Twenty short</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">statured</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">maize inbred lines were taken for present study</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">which</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> were collected from CIMMYT India and Mexico through Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipu</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">r. This experiment was conducted </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">from</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> November 2015 to April 2016 t</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">o identify parental lines to produce single cross short statured</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">maize hyb</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">rids. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">From th</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">e</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> genetic diversity studies</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">importance of both additive and non-additive</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> gene actions for the expression of yield and yield contributing characters were found. Values of vector I and II revealed that both the vectors had positive values for date of silking, plant height, rows/cob, grains/row and yield. These results indicated that these five characters had highest contribution towards divergence. Based on </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">relative magnitude of D</span><sup><span style="font-展开更多
文摘Genetic diversity is one of the useful tools to select appropriate lines for hybridization. Twenty short</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">statured</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">maize inbred lines were taken for present study</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">which</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> were collected from CIMMYT India and Mexico through Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipu</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">r. This experiment was conducted </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">from</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> November 2015 to April 2016 t</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">o identify parental lines to produce single cross short statured</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">maize hyb</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">rids. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">From th</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">e</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> genetic diversity studies</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">importance of both additive and non-additive</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> gene actions for the expression of yield and yield contributing characters were found. Values of vector I and II revealed that both the vectors had positive values for date of silking, plant height, rows/cob, grains/row and yield. These results indicated that these five characters had highest contribution towards divergence. Based on </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">relative magnitude of D</span><sup><span style="font-
