Open AccessSELEÇÃO RECORRENTE FENOTÍPICA VISANDO À OBTENÇÃO DE UMA VARIEDADE SINTÉTICA DE MILHO (ZEA MAYS L.).
Author(s) -
Le Romano Modesto,
Elivelton Alves Lustri,
Fernando José Vasconcelos Lemes Soares,
Ronis Pereira Fernandes da Silva,
Antônio Fluminhan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
colloquium agrariae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1809-8215
DOI - 10.5747/ca.2014.v10.n2.a104
Subject(s) - zea mays , biology , horticulture , agronomy
Corn (Zea mays) is a major crop species grown in the world, and its production can be found in\udareas with soil conditions and very contrasting weather. This fact is crucial for the establishment of\udgenetic breeding programs. The present research aimed to produce a synthetic variety of maize\udfrom the interbreeding of cultivars available in the market, as well as to evaluate the agronomic\udperformance observed during the phenotypic recurrent selection procedure. It was observed that\udthe selected population showed a great homogeneity, creating a uniform population, which is\udrequired for the cultivar registration. The evaluation of the agronomic performance of genotypes\udcontributed to the generation of basic knowledge required to process development of this new\udvariety.\u