Genotype-by-environment interactions affecting heterosis in maize.

The environment can influence heterosis, the phenomena in which the offspring of two inbred parents exhibits phenotypic performance beyond the inbred parents for specific traits. In this study we measured 25 traits in a set of 47 maize hybrids and their inbred parents grown in 16 different environme...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Zhi Li, Lisa Coffey, Jacob Garfin, Nathan D Miller, Michael R White, Edgar P Spalding, Natalia de Leon, Shawn M Kaeppler, Patrick S Schnable, Nathan M Springer, Candice N Hirsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5771596?pdf=render