Studies were conducted to determine the gene action for heat adaptive traits and grain yield under heat stress condition by using the hybrids generated in L×T and NCD-II. The results revealed predominance of non-additive gene action for heat stress adaptive traits in both the experiments. Among the parents, ZL135005 and CAL1730 of L×T experiment and ZL132088 and CZL0522 of NCD-II were good general combiners for heat tolerance component traits like leaf firing, tassel blast and also for yield contributing traits and hence these lines could be used for generating pedigree crosses for deriving second cycle inbreds. | Genetic analysis of heat adaptive traits in tropical maize (Zea mays L.)
