Curriculum Vitae
Of Prof. Dr. Ezzat El- Sayed soliman Mahdy
1- Personal Data:
Full name
: Ezzat El-Sayed soliman Mahdy
Family name
: Mahdy
Position
: Emeritus Professor of Agronomy (Crop breeding)
Date of Birth
: 5-17-1946
Place of Birth: Menoufia, Egypt
Marital status
: Married
Nationality
: Egyptian
Affiliation
: Agron. Dept., Fac. Agric., Assiut University, Egypt
Major speciality : Crop breeding
Minor speciality : Cotton breeding
Address
: Agron. Dept., Fac. Agric., Assiut Univ., Assiut,
Egypt.
Phone No.
: Home: +2088-2080393 Work:+2 088-2412580
E-mail
(ezzatemahdy@yahoo.com),ezzat.mahdy@agr.a
u.edu.eg
Fax No.
: +088-2331384 or +088-2322564
Postal Code No. : 71515
2- Qualifications:
Degree
Institution
Bachelor
Cairo Univ., Egypt
M.Sc.
Ain Shams Univ., Egypt
Titled:
A study of environmental effect on fiber
fineness and maturity of some Egyptian
cottons
Ph.D.
Assiut Univ., Egypt
Titled:
Manifestation of heterosis and nature of gene
action in intervarietal crosses of cotton,
Gossypium barbadense L.
3- Position Held:
- Assistant researcher, cotton Research
Institute, Agric. Res. Center, Egypt.
- Assistant Lecturer, Assiut Univ., Egypt
- Lecturer, Assiut Univ., Egypt.
- Associate Prof., Assiut Univ., Egypt
- Professor, Assiut Univ., Egypt.
- Dean of Fac. Agriculture ,Sohag Univ. ,
Egypt
- Head of the agronomy Dept.
Retired Prof.
1
Year
1967
1974
1979
1968-1975
1975-1979
1979-1983
1984-1988
1989 until now
2000/2001
2001/2004
17/5/2006
4-General activities:
o Elected as a member to prepare “a Strategic plan for Quality
Assurance of Assiut University”.
 Prepare the first “Strategic Plan and Self Study” of the Faculty of
Agriculture –Assiut University”.
 The executive manager of the “CIQAP” of the Faculty of Agriculture.
 Share in preparing the old and the new program of credit hour
system of the under- and post graduate of the Faculty of
Agriculture.
 Member in the Egyptian society of Agronomy.
 Member in the Egyptian society of Plant Breeding.
 Member in the Egyptian society of Genetics and Cytology.
 Hold a scientific mission to USA “Colorado State University, Forte
Collins” in 1999 to make genetic engineering studies on drought
resistance in bread wheat.
 Visit USA at summer of 2000 for presentation the results of
collaborated project with Texas A & M University on “Resistance of
Faba Bean to Orobanche”.
 Published 80 scientific paper in plant breeding
 Supervised 15 Ph.D. and 16 M.Sc. Degrees.
 Shared in the National Campaign to improve productivity of Wheat
Maize and Oil Seed Crops.
 Developed a “Genetic and Statistical Package analysis” for free for
the post graduate students experiments.
 Teach “introduction to computer science, and some soft-ware
programs “for ten years in “south Valley University”.
 The vice president of the promotion committee of plant production
from 2003-2007.
5- Research Experience:
i- University degree supervisor:
No. of M.Sc. thesis
16
No. of Ph.D. thesis
15
ii-
Research grants:
2
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-
6-
7-
8-
Member of the research team project titled:
Collection and evaluation of cereal germplasm in
Egypt. 1970-84, PL 480 Funded by USA.
Response of several Egyptian cotton cultivars to
mechanization and some cultural practices,
1994-2000.
No. A-6-7 (NARP) 1992-1994.Potential
improvement of sugar beet, sweet sorghum and
sugar cane in Upper Egypt.
EMCIP-AT-3: Selection and evaluation of
improved early maturing barley under stress
conditions.
ATUT W-6: Breeding of early maturing drought
resistant wheat with enhanced stability. 19972000. Collaborated project with Colorado State
Univ. Fort Collins, USA, Prof. Dr. James S.
Quick.
Principle Investigator of ATUT Res. Grants
Prog. No. 52. “Response of wheat cultivars to
fertigation and seeding rate in new reclaimed and
clay soil in Upper Egypt .1996-1998.
Principle Investigator of ATUT
Collabrative Research Project-F001.withTexas
A&M Univ.”Genetic improvement of faba bean
genotypes for dryland regions”
Puplished 80 scientific papers in
local and national journals
9-Topics in statistics for training or teaching :
1- Tabular and geaphical presentation of data .
2- Mean , median and mode
3- Range , variance , standard error , coefficient of
variation
4- Theory of probability
5- Binomial & piosson distribution .
6- Normal distribution tests.
7- Tests of significance
8- t – tests
9- F- tests
10- Analysis of variance
11- Simple , partial and multiple correlations .
12- Linear , partial and multiple regression .
13- Chi – square test .
14- Non – parametric statistics :
Median test
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Tests involving signs of differences
Eank – correlation methods
Kendal's method
Coefficient of associatiom .
15 – Experimental designs , and Lattices .
List of Publications of Prof. E.E. Mahdy
Wheat Breeding
1. Mahdy, E.E. 1988. The relative importance of the types of gene
aciton in the inheritance of some agronomic traits in Triticum
aestivum L. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 19 (3): 215-225.
2. Mahdy, E.E. 1988. Inheritance of some agronomic traits in wherat,
Triticum aestivum L. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 19 (3): 204-213.
3. Khalifa, M.A., E.E. Mahdy and H.H. El-Hennawy. 1988. Genetic
studies of yield components in some wheat crosses. Presented in the
7th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, July 1988.
4. Gamil, K.H., E.E. Mahdy and H.H. El-Hennawy. 1984. Genotype x
environment interaction and stability analysis in wheat. Minia J.
Agric. Res. & Devel. 6 (2): 159-175.
5. Mahdy, E.E. 1988. The efficiency of some selection procedures in
wheat, Triticum aestivum L. Cereal Research Communications 34(16):175-181.
6. Mahdy, E.E. 1988. Single and multiple traits selection in a
segregating population of wheat, Triticum aestivum L. Plant
Breeding 101: 245-249.
7. Mahdy, E.E. 1988. Recurrent seleciton for grain protein content in
spring wheat, Triticum aestivum L. Cereal Research
Communications 3-4(16):195-201.
8. Mahdy, E.E., K.A. Kheiralla and R.A. Dawood 1988. Stability
analysis of resistance to water-loss of excised leaf as an indicator of
drought resistance in spring wheat. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 19 (4): 6780.
9. Dawood, R.A., K.A. Kheiralla and E.E. Mahdy. 1988. Evaluation
of some wheat cultivars for drought resistance under three levels of
soil available water. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 19 (4): 83-96.
10. Dawood, R.A., E.E. Mahdy and K.A. Kheiralla. 1989. Effect of soil
water stress on growth parameters and yield components of wheat.
Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 20 (2): 357-371.
11. Mahdy, E.E. and E.A. Teama (2000). Response of wheat cultivars
to fertigation and seeding rate in new reclaimed and clay soils in
Upper Egypt. A- Yield and yield components. Assiut J. of Agric.
Sci. 31 (4):109-134.
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12. Mahdy, E.E. and E.A. Teama (2000). Response of some wheat
cultivars to fertigation and seeding rate in new reclaimed and clay
soils in Upper Egypt. B- Morphological traits and grain protein
percentage. Assiut J. of Agric. Sci. 31 (4):135-148.
13. Ismail, A.A., E.E. Mahdy and K.A. Kheiralla. 1996. The efficiency
of selection in F3 and F5 generations in spring wheat. Assiut J. of
Agric. Sci. 27 (3): 3-16.
14. Mahdy, E.E., A.A. Ismail and K.A. Kheiralla. 1996. The relative
merits of selection index and pedigree selection in improving grain
yield of spring wheat. Assiut J. of Agric. Sci. 27 (3): 17-34.
15. Kheiralla, K.A., R.A. Dawood and E.E. Mahdy. 1989. Effect of soil
water stress on some technological characteristics of wheat. Assiut
J. Agric. Sci., 20 (4): 239-252.
16. Kheiralla, K.A., E.E. Mahdy and R.A. Dawood. 1993. Selection for
early heading and correlated response in grain yield and its
components of spring wheat. Assiut J. of Agric. Sci., 24 (4): 95106.
17. Kheiralla, K.A., E.E. Mahdy and R.A. Dawood. 1993. Evaluation of
some wheat cultivars for traits related to lodging resistance under
different levels of nitrogen. Assiut J. of Agric. Sci. 24 (1): 257-271.
18. Dawood, R.A., E.E. Mahdy and K.A. Kheiralla. 1989. Effect of soil
water stress on growth parameters and yield components of wheat.
Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 20 (2): 357-371.
19. Mahdy, E.E. and E.A. Teama (2000). Response of wheat cultivars
to fertigation and seeding rate in new reclaimed and clay soils in
Upper Egypt. A- Yield and yield components. Assiut J. of Agric.
Sci. 31 (4):109-134.
20. Mahdy, E.E. and E.A. Teama (2000). Response of some wheat
cultivars to fertigation and seeding rate in new reclaimed and clay
soils in Upper Egypt. B- Morphological traits and grain protein
percentage. Assiut J. of Agric. Sci. 31 (4):135-148.
Sesame Breeding
21. Mahdy, E.E. and B.R. Bakheit. 1987. The inheritance of seed yield
and its components in sesame. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 18 (1): 207-222.
22. Bakheit, B.R. and E.E. Mahdy. 1987. Gene action in the inheritance
of earliness and some morphological traits in sesame. Assiut J.
Agric. Sci. 18 (1): 176-190.
23. Bakheit, B.R. and E.E. Mahdy. 1987. Heterosis and inbreeding
depression in sesame. Alex. Sci. Exch. 8 (2): 183-197.
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24. Mahdy, E.E. and B.R. Bakheit, 1988. Environmental effects on
genetic components for some morphological traits in sesame.
Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 19 (2): 72-88.
25. Bakheit, B.R. and E.E. Mahdy. 1988. Genotype-environment
interactions for seed yield and its components in sesame. Assiut J.
Agric. Sci. 19 (2): 108.
26. Mahdy, E.E. and B.R. Bakheit. 1988. Estimates of genetic effects
of earliness and some agronomy traits in a cross of sesame. Alex.
Sci. Exch. 9: 131-140.
27. El-Hifny, M.Z., E.E. Mahdy, B.R. Bakheit, N.R. Guirgus and A.A.
El-Shimy. 1988. Evaluation of some cultivars and promising strains
of sesame, Sesamum indicum, L. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 19 (4): 35-50.
28. Mahdy, E.E., B.R. Bakheit, M.Z. El-Hifny and A.A. El-Shimy.
1988. Genotypic stability analysis of yield and several traits of
sesame, Sesamum indicum L. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 19: 19-34.
29. Mahdy, E.E. and B.R. Bakheit. 1987. Correlation and pathcoefficient analysis in sesame. Alex. Sci. Exch. 8 (2): 199-211.
30. Bakheit, B.R. and E.E. Mahdy. 1988. Genetic variability and
correlations in a world collections of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.).
Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 19 (3): 228-240.
Cotton Breeding
31. Mahdy, E.E., E.A. Hassaballa, M.A. Khalifa and F.G. Younis. 1987.
Relative efficiency of three selection procedures in improving yield
and its components in Egyptian cotton. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 18 (3):
159-175.
32. Hassaballa, E.A., E.E. Mahdy, M.A. Khalifa and F.G. Younis. 1987.
Changes in gene associations by selection procedures in an
intraspecific cotton population. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 18 (3): 119133.
33. Mahdy, E.E., E.A. Hassaballa, M.A. Khalifa and F.G. Younis. 1987.
Comparative studies on three selection procedures in an
interspecific population of cotton. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 18 (3): 179195.
34. Kassem, E.S., M.A. Khalifa, A.M. El-Adl and E.E. Mahdy. 1980. A
diallel analysis of several agronomic traits in cotton Gossypium
barbadense L. 1st Inter. Conf. for Statistics, Computer Science,
Social and Demographic Research, 29 March – 3 April, Cairo, 371391.
35. Mahdy, E.E. 1982. Genetic parameters under two plant densities in
G. barbadense L. I- Lint yield, number of bolls/plant and boll
weight. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 13: 195-208.
36. Mahdy, E.E. 1982. Genetic parameters under two plant densities in
G. barbadense L. II- Lint percent, lint index and seed index. Assiut
J. Agric. Sci. 13: 209-223.
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37. Mahdy, E.E., H.H. El-Hinnawy and M.M. Abdalla. 1983. Gene
action in the inheritance of earliness and plant height of cotton.
Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 14: 273-285.
38. Mahdy, E.E., H.H. El-Hinnawy and M.M. Abdalla. 1983. A diallel
analysis of several agronomic traits in selected varieties of G.
barbadense L. and G. hirsutum L. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 14: 237-248.
39. Mahdy, E.E. 1983. Selection index in cotton (G. barbadense L.).
Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 14: 267-281.
40. Mahdy, E.E. 1983. Relative effectiveness of pedigree line and
recurrent selection for improving lint yield in cotton (G. barbadense
L.). Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 14: 315-324.
41. Kassem, E.S., M.A. Khalifa, A.M. El-Adl and E.E. Mahdy. 1980.
Genotypic and phenotypic correlation among yield and its
components of cotton, Gossypium barbadense L. 1st Inter. Conf. for
Statistics, Computer Science, Social and Demographic Research, 29
March – 3 April, Cairo, 207-219.
42. Hassaballa, E.A., E.E. Mahdy, M.A. Khalifa and F.G. Younis. 1987.
Correlation and path-analysis as affected by selection procedures in
an interspecific cotton population. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 18 (3): 85100.
43. Mahdy, E.E., A.A. Ismail, H.Y. Awad and A.A. Mohamed. 2001.
The relative merits of pedigree and modified recurrent selection in
improving seed cotton yield in two segregating populations of
Egyptian cotton (G. barbadense L.). The 2nd Pl. Breed. Conf.,
October 2, 2001, 61-80
44. Mahdy, E.E., A.A. Ismail, H.Y. Awad and A.A. Mohamed. 2001.
The relative merits of pedigree and modified recurrent selection in
improving earliness in two segregating populations of Egyptian
cotton (G. barbadense L.). The 2nd Pl. Breed. Conf., October 2,
2001, 81-101.
45. Younis, F.G., E.E. Mahdy and K.A. Kheiralla. 1990. Genetic study
on four interspecific crosses of G. barbadense L. and G. hirsutum L.
Assiut J. Agric. Sci., 21 (1): 4-21.
46. Teama, E.A., E.E. Mahdy and K.A. Abd El-Rahman (2000). Effect
of mechanical planting methods and seeding rates on yield, earliness
and technological properties of some Egyptian cotton varieties.
Assiut J. of Agric. Sci. 31 (5): 169-186.
47. E.E. Mahdy , A.A. Mohamed , M.Z. Elhifny and H.Mahrous
(2006). Pedigree selection for earliness index in two populations of
Egyptian cotton. Minia J.Agric.Reasearch,26(3):485-506
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48. E.E. Mahdy , A.A. Mohamed , M.Z. Elhifny and H.Mahrous (2007).
Selection for seed cotton yield in early and late sowing dates of
Egyptian cotton. Minia J.Agric.Reasearch ,27(1):1-22.
49. Ezzat E. Mahdy, Atif A. Ahmed, El-Saady A. Ali and Abd ElRaheem R. Talat . 2008 . Evaluation of nine Egyptian cotton
cultivars for drought tolerance in clay and sandy new reclaimed
soils. Assiut J. of Agric. Sci. 39(2): 17-32.
50. Ezzat E. Mahdy, G.M.K.Hemaida;F.M.F.Abd El-Motagally and
A.Mostafa.2009.Response to selection for yield under late sowing
date in two populations of Egyption cotton . Assiut J. of Agric.
Sci.40 :1-25.
51. Ezzat E. Mahdy, G.M.K.Hemaida;F.M.F.Abd El-Motagally and
A.Mostafa.2009. Pedigree selection for lint yield, lint percentage
and earliness index in late planting in two populations of Egyption
cotton . minia J. of Agric. Res.& develop. 29(2):233-258.
Sorghum and Maize Breeding
52. Mahdy, E.E., E.A. Hassaballa, M.A. El-Morshidy and M.A. Khalifa.
1982. Comparative studies on selection index and phenotypic
single trait selection in sorghum. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 13: 141-152.
53. Mahdy, E.E., E.A. Hassaballa, M.A. El-Morshidy and M.A. Khalifa.
1982. Variance components, predicted genetic advance to selection,
genotypic and phenotypic correlations in grain sorghum. Assiut J.
Agric. Sci. 13: 225-235.
54. Mahdy, E.E., B.R. Bakheit and H.H. El-Hinnawy. 1987. Expected
and realized gain from S1 and S2 selections in grain sorghum,
Sorghum bicolor L. Moench. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 18 (2): 103-118.
55. Mahdy, E.E. and B.R. Bakheit. 1988. The modified mass selection
in a composite variety of maize (Zea mays L.). Assiut J. Agric. Sci.
19 (1): 391-397.
56. Mahdy, E.E. and B.R. Bakheit. 1988. Selection among and within
half-sib families in a composite variety of maize. Cereal Research
Communications 16 (1-2): 107-111.
57. Mahdy, E.E., B.R. Bakheit, H.H. El-Hinnawy and A.M. Easa. 1987.
S1 and half-sib reciprocal recurrent selection in two maize
productions. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 18 (2): 119-130.
58. Mahdy, E.E., E.E.M. El-Orong, O.O. El-Nagoly and H.I. Aly. 1999.
Effectiveness of pedigree selection in two environments for kernel
weight, plant height and earliness on improving grain sorghum
(Sorghum bicolor L. Moench). Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 30: 29-52.
59. Mahdy, E.E., E.E.M. El-Orong, O.O. El-Nagoly and H.I. Aly. 1999.
Response to pedigree selection for grain yield in grain sorghum
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(Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) in two environments. Assiut J.
Agric. Sci. 30: 14-26.
60. 48- Mahdy, E.E., E.E.M. El-Orong, O.O. El-Nagoly and H.I. Aly.
1999. Comparative study of independent culling levels to visual
selection in improving grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.
Moench). Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 30: 104-122.
Lentil , Faba bean , sugarcane , and forage crops Breeding:
61. Mahdy, E.E. and B.R. Bakheit. 1987. Individual plant selection in a
landrace of lentil, Lens esculenta Moench. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 18
(3): 135-142.
62. Mahdy, E.E., M.A. El-Morshidy, A.M. Eissa and A. Abo-Elwafa.
1987. Genetic variability in lentils (Lens esculenta Moench).
Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 18 (3): 71-83.
63. Bakheit, B.R. and E.E. Mahdy. 1987. Selection for seed yield in
faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 18 (3): 143-156.
64. Bakheit, B.R. and E.E. Mahdy. 1987. Variation, correlations and
path-coefficient analysis in collections of Vicia faba L. Agricoltura
Mediterranea 117: 243-249.
65. Mahdy, E.E. and B.R. Bakheit. 1985. The inheritance of forage
yield in Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.). Alex. Sci.
Exch. 6 (2): 27-40.
66. Mahdy, E.E. 1988. Selection under two plant densities for forage
yield of Miskawy clover, Trifolium alexandrinum L.). Assiut J.
Agric. Sci. 19 (3): 243-252.
67. Bakheit, B.R. and E.E. Mahdy. 1988. Improving berseem clover
(Trifolium alexandrinum L.) through pedigree selection among and
within farmer's seed lots. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 19 (3): 267-278.
68. Kheiralla, K.A., E.E. Mahdy and R.A. Dawood. 1988. Evaluation
and genotypic stability of some accessions of multi-cut Egyptian
clover. Assiut J. Agric. Sci. 14 (4): 51-64.
69. Kheiralla, K.A., E.E. Mahdy and R.A. Dawood. 1989. Evaluation
and genotypic stability of some accessions of multi-cut egyptian
clover. Assiut J. Agric. Sci., 19 (4): 51-64.
70. A.B.A.El-Taib,M.Z.El-Hifny,E.E.Mahdy,andA.m.Abou-Salama
(2005).Assessment of genetic variability in some sugarcane
populations under Upper Egypt conditions.Inter.Symp.on
Sustainable Sugarcane and Sugar Producton Technology(IS2004).29th November to 2nd December 2004,Nanning, Guangxi,
China, 231-242.
71. A.B.A.El-Taib,M.Z.El-Hifny,E.E.Mahdy,andA.m.Abou-Salama
(2005).Performance of some selected sugarcane genotypes in two
Upper Egypt locations. Inter.Conf. on :"Political, Economic and
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Technological Challenges for Sugar and its Integrated Industries in
Arab Region, the Middle East, Africa, and the European Union".3-4
April 2005, Alexandria, Egypt.P6/1-21.
72. E.E. Mahdy , A.A. Mohamed , M.Z. Elhifny and H.Mahrous (2007).
Selection for seed cotton yield in early and late sowing dates of
Egyptian cotton. Minia J.Agric.Reasearch ,27(1):1-22.
73. Ezzat E. Mahdy, Atif A. Ahmed, El-Saady A. Ali and Abd ElRaheem R. Talat . 2008 . Evaluation of nine Egyptian cotton
cultivars for drought tolerance in clay and sandy new reclaimed
soils. Assiut J. of Agric. Sci. 39(2): 17-32.
74. Ezzat E. Mahdy, G.M.K.Hemaida;F.M.F.Abd El-Motagally and
A.Mostafa.2009.Response to selection for yield under late sowing
date in two populations of Egyption cotton . Assiut J. of Agric.
Sci.40 :1-25.
75. Ezzat E. Mahdy, G.M.K.Hemaida;F.M.F.Abd El-Motagally and
A.Mostafa.2009. Pedigree selection for lint yield, lint percentage
and earliness index in late planting in two populations of Egyption
Amira M. I. Mourad; E. E. Mahdy; B. R .Bakheit and A. Abo El-Wafa
Ahmed.2011. Genetic Analysis of Yield Traits in Faba Bean (Vicia
faba L(.Assiut J. Agric. Sci.42:1-15.
76. E. M. Ezzat, M. A. Ali and A. M. Mahmoud.2011. The effect of
environment on Combining Ability and Heterosis in Grain Sorghum
( Sorghum bicolor L. Moench). Asian Journal of Crop Science
3:1:15.
77.E. M. Ezzat, M. A. Ali and A. M. Mahmoud.2011. Agronomic
Performance, Genotype x Environment Interactions and Stability
Analysis of Grain Sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor L. Moench(.2:250
78. Mahdy, E. E**, E.A. Hassaballa**, A. A. Mohamed* and
A.M..Aly.2012. Pedigree selection for number of bolls/plant in two
populations of Egyptian cotton under late planting conditions.
78. Mahdy, E. E**, E.A. Hassaballa**, A. A. Mohamed* and
A.M..Aly.2012. Pedigree selection for lint yield at late planting in
Egyptian cotton (G . barbadense L.).
79. Mahdy, E. E, E.A. Hassaballa, A. A. Mohamed and A.M..Aly.2012.
Selection for earliness index in two segregating populations of
Egyptian cotton under late planting.Assiut J. of Agric.Sci. 43: 1-17.
80. Mahdy1, E.E.; A.A. Ab0-Elwafa1; G.M.Kh.Hemaida2 and A.
M.Soliman.2013. Improving earliness index and lint yield by
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pedigree selection in two populations of Egyptian cotton under late
planting.Assiut J.Agric.Sci.(In press).
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