Populations of maize from Cantabria. I. Morphological evaluations and variability
Thirty six local populations of maize were collected in Cantabria, on the Northern part of Spain. Evaluation was carried out during two years, with a randomised blocks design and three replications. Eighteen plant, ear and kernel traits were considered. Combined analyses of variance indicated highly...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repository: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/4060 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/4060 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Maize Zea mays L. Populations Germplasm Variability Heritability |
| Summary: | Thirty six local populations of maize were collected in Cantabria, on the Northern part of Spain. Evaluation was carried out during two years, with a randomised blocks design and three replications. Eighteen plant, ear and kernel traits were considered. Combined analyses of variance indicated highly significant differences among populations in all traits. The high estimates of heritability, generally over 0.7, in connection with the detected variability, offer posibilities for the introduction of these materials in breeding programmes. Constancy estimates would allow the use of a set of the studied traits with taxonomic or clustering purposes. |
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