Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Asha T, Sanjeev K Deshpande, Biradar BD and Mahabaleshwar G Hegde

Abstract:
The parental characteristics of the inbred line employed as a parent determine the economic production of the baby corn hybrid. The traits that are important in determining the suitability of an inbred line for use as a parent in hybrid production include baby corn yield dehusked per plant, number of cobs per plant, dehusked cob weight and cob length. Hence the present investigation was carried out to identify the top inbred lines for yield per se among 21 inbreds of Population A (PDM 53 x PDM 4441) and 21 inbreds of Population B (HKI 1105 x HKI 323) along with three commercial checks HM-4 (National check), CPB 468 (Private check 1) and TENDER (Private check 2). Results from the study revealed that P-34 was the top performing inbred line among 21 inbreds of Population A (PDM 53 x PDM 4441) for baby corn yield dehusked per plant based on per se mean and similarly H-06 was the top performing inbred line for baby corn yield dehusked per plant based on per se mean. These inbreds from different populations can be crossed in future breeding program to develop a hybrid.