PERFORMANCE UNDER STRESS OF ADVANCED CYCLES OF FOUR POPULATIONS OF CORN (Zea mays L.) IN AN S1 PER SE RECURRENT SELECTION PROGRAM

1981 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
O. A. ADARA ◽  
L. W. KANNENBERG
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Recurrent Selection ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Selection Criterion ◽  
Grain Filling ◽  
Primary Selection ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Advanced Cycles

Two cycles of S1 per se recurrent selection were conducted in four populations of corn (Zea mays L.). The primary selection criterion was a performance index: grain yield divided by percent moisture at harvest. The original (C0) source material and first cycle (C1) of selection for each population were evaluated in a favorable (1977) and an unfavorable (1978) growing season. Second cycle (C2) materials were also included in the 1978 comparisons. In 1977, C1 yielded significantly more grain than C0 in three of the four populations. In contrast, performance of C1 and C2 materials in 1978 was inferior to C0 in all populations but one. The advanced cycles of only one population showed improvement over C0 in both years. Comparisons of the 1977 data for days to silking, grain yield, and percent ear moisture at harvest suggest that rate of grain filling in C1 was higher than in C0 for all populations. The higher rates of grain filling in the advanced cycles may have caused a carbohydrate deficiency under stress (1978) so that the leaves no longer functioned normally and kernel filling was terminated prematurely. In general, the four populations showed inherent differences in their respective responses to selection, to environmental stress, and to inbreeding.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF RECURRENT SELECTION FOR REDUCTION OF PLANT AND EAR HEIGHT ON INTERNODE PATTERN IN TWO TROPICAL MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) POPULATIONS

1979 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. MUCHENA ◽  
C. O. GROGAN ◽  
A. D. VIOLIC
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Recurrent Selection ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Tropical Maize ◽  
Family Selection ◽  
Ear Height ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Advanced Cycles

Studies were conducted to determine to what extent full-sib family selection for reduction of plant and ear height has altered the internode patterns of two tropical open-pollinated maize (Zea mays L.) populations: Tuxpeno and Mezcla Amarilla. Internode pattern diagrams were constructed by plotting successive internode lengths against order of internodes from bottom upwards. Plants in the advanced cycles of selection had both fewer and shorter internodes below the ear. This resulted in plant types that have different internode patterns compared to the original populations.

The effect of changes of assimilate supply around flowering on grain sink size and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars of tropical and temperate adaptation

1988 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
GK Aluko ◽  
KS Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Flag Leaf ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Grain Filling ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Male Inflorescence ◽  
Female Inflorescence ◽  
Sink Size

Two maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars of temperate and one of tropical adaptation were grown in a subtropical (27�s.) environment under favourable conditions of plant population density, water and nutrient supply. The radiation incident to the plant during the period from flag leaf to 10 days after flowering was varied from the control by either shading or temporarily restraining leaves of neighbouring plants. The effects of these changes in assimilate supply, and of the presence of the male inflorescence, on the immediate dry weight of various plant parts and grain sink size, and consequential on dry matter production and grain yield was investigated. The radiation treatments effected small but significant changes in crop growth rate. Shading reduced the dry weight of the ear, and husk of the female inflorescence and male inflorescence (tassel). There were increases due to enhanced radiation. While removal of tassels also enhanced the dry weight of the female inflorescence, there was no evidence that the male inflorescence was a preferred sink for assimilates during this stage of growth.In the temperate cultivars, grain number m-2 was associated with ear dry weight at 10 days after anthesis (r = 0.95**). However, only in the tropical cultivar did the larger grain sink result in an increase in grain yield. Shading reduced grain yield in all cultivars probably because of a reduction in the supply of labile assimilates for grain filling.

scholarly journals Selection Criteria and Selection Environment for Drought Tolerance of Egyptian Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Landraces

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-40
Author(s):  
Ahmed Medhat Mohamed Al-Naggar ◽  
Mohamed Abd El-Maboud Abd El-Shafi ◽  
Mohamed Helmy El-Shal ◽  
Ali Hassan Anany
Keyword(s):  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Selection Criterion ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Grain Filling ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Genetic Advance ◽  
Selection Environment ◽  
Selection For

Strong correlations between wheat traits and drought tolerance (DT) associated with high heritability and high genetic advance from selection would allow plant breeder to use such traits as selection criteria. The objective of the present investigation was to determine the optimum selection criteria and selection environment for drought tolerance via estimation of correlation coefficients (r) among 13 agronomic, grain yield and quality traits and DT of 20 wheat landraces, broad-sense heritability (h2b) and genetic advance (GA) from selection for such traits under well-watered (WW) and water stressed (WS) environments. A two-year experiment was carried out using a split-plot design with four replications. Results concluded that the best selection criterion for drought tolerance in our study was grain yield/plant (GYPP), followed by a number of grains/spike (GPS), grain filling period (GFP), grain starch (GSC) and protein (GPC) content, plant height (PH) and days to maturity (DTM), since they showed high (r), high h2b and high GA estimates. The best selection environment was WW for days to anthesis, PH, spikes/plant, GPS, spikelets/spike, GYPP, GPC and WS for DTM, GFP, GSC and thousand-grain weight traits. This information could help future breeding programs in selection for improving drought tolerance of wheat.

scholarly journals Genetic variance and covariance components related to intra- and interpopulation recurrent selection in maize (Zea mays L.)

1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Alberto Arrabal Arias ◽  
Cláudio Lopes de Souza Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Genetic Variance ◽  
Recurrent Selection ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Inbred Lines ◽  
Additive Effects ◽  
Covariance Components ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Variance And Covariance Components ◽  
Variance Estimates

New genetic variance and covariance components related to intra- and interpopulational recurrent selection methods have been theoretically developed by Souza Jr. (Rev. Bras. Genet. 16: 91-105, 1993) to explain the failure of these methods to concomitantly develop hybrid and per se populations. Intra- and interpopulation half-sib progenies of 100 genotypes were sampled from maize (Zea mays L.) populations BR-106 and BR-105 to estimate variance and covariance components and to compare the expected responses to reciprocal (RRS), intrapopulational (HSS), and modified (MRS) recurrent selection in interpopulation hybrid, populations per se, and to determine heterosis. Four sets of 100 progenies, two intra- and two interpopulational, were evaluated in partially balanced 10 x 10 lattices arranged in split-blocks with two replications in two years (1991/92 and 1992/93) and two locations in Piracicaba, SP. Data for ear weight, plant and ear height, and ear by plant height ratio were recorded. Populations and interpopulation crosses were high yielding and showed high breeding potential for production of hybrids from inbred lines. Mid parent and the highest parent heterosis were relatively high, but lower than values reported for these populations under other environmental conditions. Additive variance estimates of populations per se and interpopulation crosses confirmed the high potential of these materials. The magnitude of the variance estimates for the deviations from intra- and interpopulation additive effects (<img src="http:/img/fbpe/gmb/v21n4/1918f1.jpg" alt="1918f1.jpg (1262 bytes)" align="middle"> for BR-106 and <img src="http:/img/fbpe/gmb/v21n4/1918f3.jpg" alt="1918f3.jpg (1259 bytes)" align="middle">for BR-105) and covariance between additive effects with these deviations (<img src="http:/img/fbpe/gmb/v21n4/1918f2.jpg" alt="1918f2.jpg (2022 bytes)" align="middle"> for BR-106 and <img src="http:/img/fbpe/gmb/v21n4/1918f4.jpg" alt="1918f4.jpg (1995 bytes)" align="middle"> for BR-105) indicated that these new components can significantly influence the effectiveness of breeding methods. Genetic component estimates for BR-105 had relatively small errors, with <img src="http:/img/fbpe/gmb/v21n4/1918f4.jpg" alt="1918f4.jpg (1995 bytes)" align="middle"> negative for all traits. Estimates of <img src="http:/img/fbpe/gmb/v21n4/1918f1.jpg" alt="1918f1.jpg (1262 bytes)" align="middle">and <img src="http:/img/fbpe/gmb/v21n4/1918f2.jpg" alt="1918f2.jpg (2022 bytes)" align="middle"> had relatively larger errors for BR-106. The MRS method was more effective than the RRS and HSS methods in producing hybrids from inbred lines. The choice of a population tester for the MRS method based on population means per se may be incorrect. The additional use, when possible, of intra- and interpopulation additive genetic variances from each population would be more appropriate.

scholarly journals REAPLICAÇÃO DE NITROGÊNIO NA MITIGAÇÃO DO EFEITO DA DESFOLHA EM DIFERENTES FASES FENOLÓGICAS DO MILHO

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-46
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ PRECHLAK BARBOSA ◽  
CLAUDEMIR ZUCARELI ◽  
RODRIGO YOITI TSUKAHARA ◽  
EDSON GIOVANNI KOCHINSKI ◽  
JOSE HENRIQUE BIZZARRI BAZZO
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Leaf Area ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilization ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Total Yield ◽  
Grain Filling ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Phenological Stages ◽  
Corn Production

RESUMO - O manejo adequado da adubação nitrogenada para atenuar efeitos da perda de área foliar é uma soluçãopouco explorada. Portanto, objetivou-se avaliar, em campo, o efeito da reaplicação de nitrogênio e intensidade dedesfolha em diferentes fases fenológicas sobre a incidência de grãos ardidos e o desempenho produtivo do milho. Odelineamento experimental foi em blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições, em esquema fatorial 2x7x4+2, sendo,a reaplicação de N em cobertura (0 e 40 kg ha-1), os estádios fenológicos de desfolha (V2, V4, V6, V10, R1, R3 e R5),as intensidades de desfolha (25, 50, 75 e 100%) e dois controles adicionais (0% de desfolha com e sem a reaplicaçãode N). As avaliações realizadas foram percentagem de grãos ardidos, massa de 100 grãos e produtividade de grãos. Osdados foram submetidos à análise de variância, testes de Tukey, Dunnett e regressão até 2º grau (p0,05). A reaplicaçãode nitrogênio após a desfolha atenua os efeitos desse estresse na massa e no rendimento total de grãos, com maiorefetividade quando ocorre nos estádios vegetativos. O prejuízo ao desempenho produtivo em razão da desfolha éacentuado quando ocorre no florescimento e enchimento de grãos, pois desequilibra a relação fonte-dreno. A desfolhaem estádios iniciais proporciona maior intensidade de grãos ardidos nas plantas de milho.Palavras-chave: Adubação nitrogenada, Área foliar, Estádios fenológicos, Zea mays L.REAPPLICATION OF NITROGEN AS MITIGATIONTO THE DEFOLIATION EFFECT AT STAGES OF MAIZEABSTRACT - The proper management of nitrogen fertilization to mitigate the effects of the loss of leaf area ispoorly explored. Therefore, the present study evaluated the effect of nitrogen reapplication and defoliation intensity atdifferent phenological stages on the incidence of rot grains and corn production performance. The experimental designwas a randomized complete block with four replications, in a 2x7x4 + 2 factorial scheme, with the reapplication of Ntopdressed (0 and 40 kg ha-1), the defoliation stages (V2, V4, V6, V10, R1, R3 and R5), defoliation intensities (25, 50, 75and 100%) and two additional controls (0% defoliation with and without reapplication of N). Percentage of rot grains,mass of 100 grains and grain yield were evaluated. Data were subjected to analysis of variance, Tukey’s, Dunnett’s testsand regression up to grade 2 (p 0.05). Reapplication of nitrogen after defoliation attenuates the effects of this stress onthe mass and the total yield of grains, with greater effectiveness in the vegetative stages. The damage to the productiveperformance due to defoliation was accentuated when occurred at the flowering and grain filling as it unbalancesthe source-drain relation. Depletion in the early stages caused higher occurrence of grain burned in maize plants.Keywords: Nitrogen fertilization, Leaf area, Phenological stages, Zea mays L.

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