Assessment of the performance correlation, agronomic characteristics, and drought tolerance indices in corn hybrids under late season moisture stress conditions

Year 2015, Volume: 36 Issue: 3, 586 - 594, 13.05.2015

Shahram Mehri

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the performance correlation, agronomic characteristics  and drought tolerance indices in sorghum hybrids under late season moisture stress conditions in a randomized complete block design with four replications. In both normal irrigation and drought stress conditions, the number of kernels per corn showed the highest correlation with seed yield by (r= 0.977) and (r= 0.952), respectively. The results of the describing data indicate that there was a positive and significant correlation between GMP, MP, STI and TOL indices with YP and YS at 1% probability level, Whereas, SSI index had negative and non significance correlation to Yp and Ys. 

Keywords

Yield, Corn, Drought tolerance indices and Correlation

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