Inbreeding depression of 28 maize elite open pollinated varieties

Inbreeding depression of 28 maize elite open pollinated varieties

The study of inbreeding depression is important for breeding strategies such as use of inbred progenies or extraction of inbreed lines. A diallel of 28 maize open-pollinated varieties was evaluated in 10 environments in the early 1990s. At the same time, S1 populations for each of the 28 varieties w...

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Main Authors: Cleso Antônio Patto Pacheco, Manoel Xavier dos Santos, Cosme Damião Cruz, Sidney Netto Parentoni, Paulo Evaristo de Oliveira Guimarães, Elto Eugênio Gomes e Gama, Álvaro Eleutério da Silva, Hélio Wilson Lemos de Carvalho, Pedro Abel Vieira Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2002-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
inbreeding depression
endogamy
maize
breeding
diallel
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