Assessment of morphological and biochemical traits of early and late maturity maize (Zea mays L.)

Abstract

The experiment under present investigation was conducted in a well prepared field during Kharif 2017 at Agriculture Farm, and Biochemical analysis was conducted in Biochemistry and Biotechnology Lab in the Department of Crop Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Nana Ji Deshmukh New Agriculture Campus, Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot, Satna (M.P.).High heritability coupled with high expected genetic advance in per cent of mean was observed for grain yield, plant height, days to 75% dry husk, ear height, shelling% and100-seed weight.