CORRELATION AMONG YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS IN MAIZE (Zea mays L.)
- Department of Agricultural Education, Federal College of Education,Yola.
- Biology Department, Federal College of Education, Yola.
- Department of Crop Production and Horticulture, Modibbo Adama University of Technology,Yola.
- Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, Gum Arabic Sub-Station, Gashua.
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Correlation coefficient analysis for yield and yield components was carried out using Ten maize varieties namely; ACR 97, TZL COMP1-SYN- W, SAMMAZ 11, SAMMAZ 14, SAMMAZ 17, 2004 SYN, 95 TZEE-W, SAMMAZ 13, EX-MICHIKA and TZE COMP 3DT and their F1’s were evaluated in two locations of Yola and Mubi in Adamawa State, Nigeria, in 2010/2011 cropping season in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The result showed that both phenotypic and genotypic correlations identified ear height, weight of unshelled cob, length of unshelled cob, number of rows per cob and 100 grain weight to be the most reliable components of yield in maize which should be selected for the development of high yielding maize population.
[Jatto, M.I., M. Aisha, A. M. Kadams and N. M. Fakuta (2015); CORRELATION AMONG YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS IN MAIZE (Zea mays L.) Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Oct). 413-416] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
