الفهرس 
Genetic and morphological assessment of sesame hybrids and their parents
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Abstract
1. Field experiments (diallel and water stress experiments) Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) known as one of the oldest oilseed crops domesticated by human. The world harvested area is about 12.8 million hectares in 2019 with production of 6,549,725 tonnes. Across a twenty-year period, from 1999 to 2019, the top five leading sesame-producing countries were India, Sudan, Myanmar, China, and Nigeria. In Egypt, the total sesame cultivated area was increased and reached 42,300ha with a total production of 51,037 tonnes in 2009 and the average productivity was 1,207 kg/ha; but in the year 2019, a great reduction was reported in area harvested which decreased to 28,000 ha with a total production of 38,000 tonnes and the average productivity was 1,357 ton/ha. The main objectives of the present investigation were to create genetic variation through cross between genetically diversity varieties of sesame from Egypt and Sudan through a half-diallel mating design, to get more information on heritability, combining ability, type and magnitude of gene action and heterosis of economic traits, to evaluate the eight diverse sesame genotypes and their 28 F₁’s for yield and yield components traits, to find out the inheritance of capsule shattering character in the F₁ crosses derived from a cross between non-shattering and semi-shattering genotypes, to identify the ability of parents and their 28 F₁’s to withstand drought stress under field condition, and to identify the drought tolerant genotypes to be selected for future breeding program.