A field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2015 in a Randomized block design (RBD) with three replications to screen 12 hybrid maize germplasm lines viz., Z630-1, Z630-2, Z630-3, Z630-4, Z637-1, Z637-2, Z695-1, Z695-2, Z695-3, Z638-1, Z638-2, Z638-3 along with three hybrid checks NK6240, P1O3396 and 900MGold. This study was carried out to screen the hybrid germplasm lines exposed to water deficit stress during the reproductive growth stage. The analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the test germplasm line for all the parameters recorded. | Physiological and biochemical evaluation of maize hybrid germplasm lines for drought tolerance under receding soil moisture conditions
