Analysis of Morphological Characteristics for Normal Maize Inbred Lines

Determination of levels of Striga germination Stimulants for maize gene bank accessions and elite inbred lines

Parasitism by Striga hermonthica (Del) Benth is a severe constraint in maizeproduction in sub-Saharan Africa. Varying levels of tolerance to Striga attack havebeen identified and exploited in breeding programs of several crops. However, thelevel and stability of the tolerance is generally unacceptable in field-practice. Onlylimited exploration has been undertaken among the farmers’ landraces to...

Increasing Kernel Density for Two Inbred Lines of Maize

Improving grain quality of maize (Zea mays L.), including endospermhardness and density, is often a breeding objective.Dense seed is preferred by dry millers and for alkaline processing, and can command a price premium at market. This study attempted to increase kernel density in a backcrossing program for two inbreds of maize using two selection techniques, specific gravity of kernels and the ...

Variability among maize inbred lines for seed longevity

Comparative Analysis of Genetic Diversity of Maize Inbred Lines from Kashmir Valley Using Agro-morphological and Ssr Markers

School for Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Chatha, Jammu-180009Jammu & Kashmir, India Division of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir-190025, India Division of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural ...

Genetic Distance Based on SSR Markers and Testcross Performance of Maize Inbred Lines

The identification of parental inbred lines to develop superior hybrids is a rather costly and time-consuming step in maize breeding. In some cases, pedigree information has been used to select diverse parental lines. In the case of Iranian maize inbred lines, this information is not fully available. In this study we investigated the genetic distance (GD) based on Simple sequence Repeats (SSR) ...