Date Received: 01-12-2015 / Date Accepted: 20-03-2016 / Date Published: 12-06-2025
This study was carried out to evaluate and select superior purple waxy corn lines derived from self-pollination (S3to S6generation) with high grain yield, marketable fresh cob yield, anthocyanin content, good eating quality and desirable agronomical characteristics. These lines were extracted from exotic and domestic germplasm. Phenotypic data collected included growth and developmental characteristic, yield and yield components, marketablefresh cob yield, total anthocyanin content, eating quality, pericarp thickness, sugar content,tenderness and taste.. Eighteen purple waxy corn lines out of 45 lines were selected based on selection index computed from ideotype plant analysis with 12 traits. These lines had high anthocyanin content (22.4 to 260.10 µg/L), acceptable grain yield (2.0 to 3.5 t/ha) and marketable fresh cob yield (3.8 to 6.4 t/ha), good eating quality and suitable agronomical characteristics. These lines were recommended for further purple waxy corn inbred line and hybrid development.