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Combining Ability of Agronomic and Yield Traits in Rice Genotypes

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Sheila Rono, Felister Nzuve, James Muthomi and John Kimani

Combining Ability of Agronomic and Yield Traits in Rice Genotypes

The demand for rice production in Kenya is high while production has remained far below consumption demand for quite a number of years. Growing of poorly adapted rice varieties with undesirable traits is one of the major factors limiting production. The objectives of this study were to determine the performance and combining ability of rice cultivars for both agronomic and yield related traits. Seven genotypes were crossed in a North Carolina II mating design to generate the F1 hybrids. The 12 F2 seeds, 7 parents and 1 check variety were planted at KALRO-Mwea following a randomized complete block design ... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2329-955X.1000180

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