All hybrids were comparable to check (AL-34) for
number of ears/plot. Hybrids from 23Ax27B,
2002, Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding
27Ax31B and 29Ax31B crosses were superior to the
check in prolificity and did not show significant
differences among them. It should be emphasized that
the parental lines came from popcorn and the high
prolificity is a common characteristic in popcorn
populations (Gama et al., 1990). For weight of husked
ear, only the 27Ax31B hybrid was different from
check.