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Population Cross Diallel among High Oil Populations of Maize
Author(s) -
Mišević D.,
Marić A.,
Alexander D. E.,
Dumanović J.,
Ratković S.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1989.0011183x002900030012x
Subject(s) - diallel cross , heterosis , biology , randomized block design , mating design , population , agronomy , additive genetic effects , inbred strain , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , heritability , hybrid , genetics , gene , demography , sociology
Development of commercially usable high oil maize ( Zea mays L.) inbred lines is presently restricted to a single gene pool source. To improve the efficiency of high oil maize breeding programs, new pools with favorable alleles for high oil percentage, high yield, and good combining ability should be identified. The objectives of this study were to determine heterotic patterns among high oil populations and to identify superior high oil populations for use in a recurrent selection program. Six maize populations with oil percentages ranging from 5 to 18 were crossed in a diallel mating design. Parents, their crosses, and the single cross B73 ✕ Mo17 were grown in a randomized complete block design experiment in six environments in 1985 and 1986. Percent oil, grain yield, and grain moisture were recorded. Population (v 1 ) and heterosis (h ii ) effects were nificant sources of variation among entries of the diallel for all three traits. However, heterosis effects accounted for less than 1.5% of the among diallel entries sum of squares for oil percentage, indicating that additive genetic effects were much more importanthan nonadditive. Percent oil and grain moisture showed negative average heterosis. High Oil Illinois Stiff Stalk Composite (RSSSC HO) had the highest and lowest v i effects for grain yield and oil percentage, respectively. Alexho Single Kernel C24 (ASKC24) had the lowest v 1 effect for yield and the highest v 1 effect for oil percentage. Highest and lowest specific heterosis (s ii ) for grain yield were found for RSSSC HO ✕ ASKC24 and RSSSC HO ✕ Yugoslavian High Oil Stiff Stalk Synthetic, respectively. Populations RSSSC HO and ASKC24 could be chosen for a reciprocal recurrent selection program because of their high h ii , and s ii , effects for grain yield and high population cross means for oil percentage and grain yield.