Table 3 Comparison of the double positive lines in the ICF3 generation of DBT-IC-β2σ5 along with its recurrent parents for the recovery percentage of morphological traits.

From: Development of β-carotene, lysine, and tryptophan-rich maize (Zea mays) inbreds through marker-assisted gene pyramiding

Morphological traits

Recurrent parent

Identified positive lines

Recovery percentage (%)

DBT-IC-β2σ5

UMI1230

DBT-IC-β2σ5-9-51-51

DBT-IC-β2σ5-9-52-52

DBT-IC-β2σ5-9-53-53

DBT-IC-β2σ5-9-51-51

DBT-IC-β2σ5-9-52-52

DBT-IC-β2σ5-9-53-53

Days to tasseling (days)

60.00

57.00

58.00

59.00

95.00

96.67

98.33

Days to silking (days)

62.00

59.00

60.00

61.00

95.16

96.77

98.39

Plant height (cm)

158.40

156.28

153.94

150.25

98.66

97.18

94.85

Ear height (cm)

81.00

79.06

77.75

76.57

97.60

95.99

94.53

Tassel length (cm)

31.30

29.92

30.70

29.18

95.59

98.08

93.23

Number of tassel branches

14.00

12.00

13.00

12.00

85.71

92.86

85.71

Leaf length (cm)

63.20

58.19

62.11

62.89

92.07

98.28

99.51

Leaf breadth (cm)

7.50

7.20

7.10

7.20

96.00

94.67

96.00

Ear length (cm)

17.50

17.20

17.30

17.00

98.29

98.86

97.14

Number of kernel rows per ear

14.00

12.00

12.00

12.00

85.71

85.71

85.71

Number of kernels per row

25.00

24.00

22.00

24.00

96.00

88.00

96.00

Ear weight (g)

106.90

104.56

103.70

102.20

97.81

97.01

95.60

100 kernel weight (g)

25.20

22.12

23.21

24.11

87.78

92.10

95.67

Single plant yield

75.51

72.56

73.74

71.11

96.09

97.66

94.17