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Abstract restricts yields on 40,0UO,OOO hActares nf 1rr1gated land, whirh is approximately nne-third of the Irr1gated land on earth, tDernstein 19 75). DevelopmPnt of salt tolerant crop cultivars would complement salt management programs to help max1- m1ze yields in these area. Breeding for drought and salinity resistance in wheat, means breeding for yield in environments where these two factors are considered as limiting production factors. Improvements in yield come from recombination of genes by crossing different genotypes, followed by selection of the progeny possessing the desired agronomic features and a higl1er yield level. In this conventional ~reeding method, there are questions of the relationship betweero F 1 performance and performance In later generations and/or In back crossing with parents, corlsidering the mode and type of inheritrlnce of yield and yield <’omponents as well as, drought and salinity resi~t~nc:e. The present wurk was undertaken to study the effect of Jr·o~ght and salinity on genetic parameters for some agronomlc traits that could guide wheat breeder 1n breeding improved varieties under those conditions. |