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dc.contributor.authorAgbaje, S.
dc.contributor.authorBadu-Apraku, B.
dc.contributor.authorFakorede, M.A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:20:52Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:20:52Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationAgbaje, S., Badu-Apraku, B. & Fakorede, M. (2008). Heterotic patterns of early maturing maize inbred lines in Striga-free and Striga-infested environments. Maydica, 53(2), 87-96.
dc.identifier.issn0025-6153
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3554
dc.description.abstractSeparation of inbred lines of maize (Zea mays L.) into contrasting heterotic groups is of critical importance in determining the potential of lines for the development of high-yielding hybrids. Forty-two Striga resistant, early maturing white endosperm inbred lines were crossed to two intermediate maturing, white endosperm tester lines (1368 and 9071) to generate 84 testcrosses.The 84 testcrosses plus 4 checks were evaluated in Striga-infested environments at Mokwa and Abuja, and in Striga-free environments at Mokwa and Ile-Ife in Nigeria in 2005. Significant general combining ability (GCA) andspecific combining ability (SCA) effects for grain yield were observed. Thirteen of the 42 lines could be classified into heterotic groups based on the SCA effects and testcross mean grain yield in Striga-free environments. Under Striga-infested conditions, 12 lines were classified into heterotic groups. Four of the lines (TZE-W Pop C0S6inb50-2-4, TZE-W Pop × LD S6Inb6 from the 1368 group and TZE-W Pop C0S6Inb12-2-2, and TZE-W Pop C0S6Inb50-3-4 from the 9071 group) maintained their heterotic groups in both Striga-free and Striga-infested environments. Three testcross hybrids (TZE-W Pop C0S6Inb50-2-4 x 1368; TZE-W Pop C0S6Inb50-3-4 x 9071 and TZE-WPop C0S6Inb151-1-2 x 9071) had consistently positiveSCA effects in the two environments and are, thereforepotentially good hybrids for both the savanna and forest ecologies.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectZea Mays L.
dc.subjectHeterotic Patterns
dc.subjectGca, General Combining Ability
dc.subjectSca, Specific Combining Ability
dc.subjectWca, West And Central Africa
dc.titleHeterotic patterns of early maturing maize inbred lines in Strigafree and Strigainfested environments
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationObafemi Awolowo University
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectGenetic Improvement
cg.iitasubjectPlant Diseases
cg.iitasubjectDisease Control
cg.iitasubjectGrain Legumes
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
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