Vol. 9, Special Issue 2, Part C (2025)

The experimental material comprised of thirty two crosses along with twelve parents (four lines and eight testers) and standard checks AHB 1200 Fe and AHB 1269. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with two replications. The observations were recorded on ten characters viz., days to 50 per cent flowering, days to maturity, plant height, number of effective tillers, earhead length, earhead head girth, Fe content, Zn content, 1000 grain weight, grain yield and fodder yield. The estimates of GCA effects revealed that most of the hybrids exhibiting higher grain yield than the standard hybrid check AHB 1200 Fe and AHB 1269 were based on two females viz., 98222A, 95111A, and involved based on males viz., 16656R, 15025R, 15603R, 15706R, 15815R and 16531R. The studies on specific combining ability (SCA) effects, it was observed 92444A x 16656R was observed the best specific combination for the trait grain yield.