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A critical assessment of 32 maize hybrids with two replications for excessive soil moisture stress (ESM) was carried out during Kharif 2019-20. The plants were exposed to waterlogging stress for 12 days at the flowering stage by maintaining a water level of 3-5 cm. High genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) and phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV) were attained for maize plants with adventitious roots and senescence percentage after stress. High heritability along with high genetic advance was determined for number of plants with adventitious roots, senescence percentage, plant height and 100 kernel weight. Plant yield depicted a highly significant positive genotypic and phenotypic correlation with plant height, ear height, number of plants with adventitious roots and number of kernels per row, along with a significant negative correlation with senescence percentage. Kernels per row and plant height manifested the highest positive direct effect on plant yield at phenotypic and genotypic levels, respectively, reflecting that the characters can be considered for plant selection under ESM stress.
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Nzuve, F., Githiri, S., Mukunya, D. M., & Gethi, J. (2014). Genetic variability and correlation studies of grain yield and related agronomic traits in maize. Journal of Agricultural Science (Toronto), 6(9), 166-176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5539/jas.v6n9p166
Ogunniyan, D. J., & Olakojo, S. A. (2014). Genetic variation, heritability, genetic advance and agronomic character association of yellow elite inbred lines of maize (Zea mays L.). Nigerian Journal of Genetics, 28(2), 24-28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nigjg.2015.06.005
Pandey Y, Vyas RP, Kumar J, Singh L, Singh HC, Yadav PC and Vishwanath. (2017) Heritability, Correlation and Path Coefficient Analysis for Determining Interrelationships among Grain Yield and Related Characters in Maize (Zea mays L). International Journal of Pure and Applied Bioscience, 5(2): 595-603.
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Pooja, G. K., Adivappar, N., & Shivakumar, B. S. (2022). Correlation and path-coefficient analysis for yield and yield components of tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) genotypes. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 13(1), 262-266. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37992/2022.1301.037
Rani UG, Rao VS, Ahmad ML and Rao N. (2017) Character association and path coefficient analysis of grain yield and yield components in maize (Zea mays L.), International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 6(12): 4044 - 4050. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.612.465
Sahoo, J. P., Behera, L., Sharma, S. S., Praveena, J., Nayak, S. K., & Samal, K. C. (2020). Omics Studies and Systems Biology Perspective towards Abiotic Stress Response in Plants. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 11(12), 2172. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2020.1112152
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Sesay, S., Ojo, D. K., Ariyo, O. J., Meseka, S., Fayeun, L. S., Omikunle, A. O., & Oyetunde, A. O. (2017). Correlation and path coefficient analysis of top-cross and three-way cross hybrid maize populations. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 12(10), 780-789. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2016.11997
Shah, N. A., Srivastava, J. P., da Silva, J. A. T., & Shahi, J. P. (2012). Morphological and yield responses of maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes subjected to root zone excess soil moisture stress. Plant Stress, 6(1), 59-72.
Shin, S., Kim, S. G., Jung, G. H., Kim, C. G., Son, B. Y., Kim, J. T., & Woo, M. O. (2016). Evaluation of waterlogging tolerance with the degree of foliar senescence at the early vegetative stage of maize (Zea mays L.). Journal of crop science and biotechnology, 19(5), 393-399. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12892-016-0097-1
Siluveru S, Bharathi M, Reddy V and Eswari K. (2015) Genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance studies in maize (Zea mays L.), Ecology, Environment and Conservation, 21: S445-S449.
Smalley, M. D., Daub, J. L., & Hallauer, A. R. (2004). Estimation of heritability in maize by parent-offspring regression. Maydica, 49(3), 221-229.
Sravanti, K., Devi, I. S., Sudarshan, M. R., & Supriya, K. (2017). Evaluation of maize genotypes (Zea mays L.) for variability, heritability and genetic advance. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 6(10), 2227-2232. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.610.263
Tulu, B. N. (2014). Correlation and path coefficients analysis studies among yield and yield-related traits of quality protein maize (QPM) inbred lines. International Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science, 1(2), 006-017.
Upadhyay and Kumar J. (2017) Heritability, correlation and path coefficient analysis for determining interrelationships among grain yield and related characters in maize (Zea mays L.), Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences, 5(2): 595-603. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2921
Zaidi, P. H., Rafique, S., Rai, P. K., Singh, N. N., and Srinivasan, G. (2004). Tolerance to excess moisture in maize (Zea mays L.): susceptible crop stages and identification of tolerant genotypes. Field Crops Research, 90(2-3), 189-202. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2004.03.002
Zaidi, P., Maniselvan, P., Sultana, R., Yadav, M., Singh, R., Singh, S., & Srinivasan, G. (2007). Importance of secondary traits in the improvement of maize (Zea mays L.) for enhancing tolerance to excessive soil moisture stress. Cereal Research Communications, 35(3), 1427-1435 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/CRC.35.2007.3.7