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Mean plant-height change per cycle was −1,06.
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e0“Gains per cycle, averaged over the eight populations for yield, days to silk, plant height, ear height, ear rating, and ears per plant were 1.31, −0.59, −1,06, −1.77, −1.15, and 0.87%, respectively.”
e1“In all environments, the latest cycles of selection yielded higher than CO.”
Title
Progress from Selection in Eight Tropical Maize Populations Using International Testing1
Shivaji Pandey; A. O. Diallo; T. M. T. Islam; et al. Crop Science 1986. doi:10.2135/cropsci1986.0011183x002600050009x
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Mean grain-yield gain per selection cycle was 1.31%.
- Intervention effect Mean days to silk changed by −0.59 per cycle.
- Intervention effect Mean ear-height change per cycle was −1.77.
- Intervention effect Mean ear-rating change per cycle was −1.15.
- Intervention effect Mean ears-per-plant gain per cycle was 0.87%.
- Intervention effect Latest selection cycles yielded more than C0 in all environments.
- Recommendation The authors judged full-sib selection effective for maize population improvement.