Table 2.

β-carotene concentration and agronomic performance of the improved lines developed through MABB.

	Genotypes	β-carotene (μg/g)	Plant height (cm)	Days to 50% tasseling (days)	Days to 50% silking (days)	Cob length (cm)	Number of kernel rows/cob	No of kernels/ row	100 kernel weight (g)	Mean grain yield/plant (g)
1	aUMI1200β+-1	9.073 ± 0.557	126.50	58.00	61.00	13.10	12.00	10.00	24.10	87.12
2	aUMI1200β+-2	8.303 ± 0.364	126.10	59.00	59.00	13.40	10.00	10.00	24.10	87.32
3	aUMI1200β+-3	7.056 ± 0.562	126.80	57.00	61.00	13.20	12.00	09.00	24.20	87.61
4	aUMI1200β+-4	7.251 ± 0.453	126.30	58.00	60.00	13.50	12.00	10.00	24.60	88.12
5	aUMI1230β+-1	9.232 ± 0.508	133.90	57.00	59.00	12.10	10.00	09.00	23.89	76.41
6	aUMI1230β+-2	9.021 ± 0.471	134.10	56.00	58.00	12.30	10.00	08.00	23.78	76.39
7	bUMI1200 (RP)	0.893 ± 0.070	127.00	60.00	62.00	13.70	14.00	11.00	25.00	88.21
8	bUMI1230 (RP)	1.610 ± 0.083	135.00	58.00	60.00	12.50	12.00	10.00	24.10	76.71
9	bHP467-15 (DP)	10.525 ± 0.263	110.00	56.00	59.00	13.00	10.00	10.00	23.00	54.80
10	Test inbred mean	8.322 ± 0.485	128.95	57.50	59.67	12.93	11.00	9.33	24.11	83.83
11	Check inbred mean	4.342 ± 0.138	124.00	58.00	60.33	13.07	12.00	10.33	24.03	73.24

^aTest inbreds and

^bCheck inbreds.