Fig. 3

Provides a comparison of the performance of 8-way cross derived lines with their 4-way and 2-way cross derivatives, as well as the founder parent lines, in terms of both grain yield and stover yield. (a) The average performance data is presented for a total of 17 parent lines, sixteen 2-way, eight 4-way and four 8-way cross derived lines. Additionally, this figure highlights the (b) average percent superiority of the 2-way, 4-way, and 8-way cross derived lines compared to the founder lines.