Evaluation of maize inbred lines currently used in Chinese breeding programs for resistance to six foliar diseases

Foliar diseases are common in most maize-producing regions and have caused serious yield reduction in China. To evaluate genetic resistance of parental lines actively used in maize breeding programs to major foliar diseases, 152 maize inbred lines were tested against northern corn leaf blight (NCLB)...

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Main Authors: Xiaoming Wang, Yunhua Zhang, Xiude Xu, Hongjie Li, Xiaofei Wu, Shihuang Zhang, Xinhai Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2014-08-01
Series:Crop Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214514114000348