Identifying the physiological traits indirectly selected during the search for high-yielding maize hybrids is useful for guiding further improvements. To investigate such traits, in this study we focused on the critical period of kernel formation because kernel number is the main yield component affected by breeding. Our results show that breeding has increased the number of florets per ear and ear growth rate but not the vegetative shoot growth rate, suggesting localised effects around the ear. Consistent with this possibility, breeding has increased the net CO2 exchange of the ear leaf in field-grown crops grown at high population densities. This response is largely accounted for by increased light interception (which increases photosynth...
This experiment was conducted in Ames, Iowa, US, with the purpose of verifying if reduction in plant...
Selection for maize (Zea mays L.) grain yield in high-yielding environments at high population densi...
Plants are extremely versatile organisms that respond to the environment in which they find themselv...
Identifying the physiological traits indirectly selected during the search for high-yielding maize h...
Yield increases in forage maize (Zea mays L.) in NW Europe over time are well documented. The drivin...
The objective of this work was to quantify the genetic potential of full-sib maize progenies subject...
The plant density at which Zea mays L. hybrids achieve maximum grain yield has increased throughout ...
Grain yield and the stability of harvest index are greater in newer than in older Argentinean maize ...
Maize (Zea mays. L) traditional breeding presents limitations when selection is performed by adaptat...
The increment in plant density is an alternative to maximize solar radiation interception and to inc...
Mass selection for yield and prolificacy, using independent culling levels, was made in a Colombian ...
One of the elements capable of explaining the epidemics of diseases in the fields of corn production...
Genetic modification of shoot and root morphology has potential to improve water and nutrient 19 up...
Modern genetics have improved maize hybrids to better tolerate stress, use nutrients more efficientl...
This study evaluated the physiological and anatomical traits of two contrasting maize hybrids subjec...
This experiment was conducted in Ames, Iowa, US, with the purpose of verifying if reduction in plant...
Selection for maize (Zea mays L.) grain yield in high-yielding environments at high population densi...
Plants are extremely versatile organisms that respond to the environment in which they find themselv...
Identifying the physiological traits indirectly selected during the search for high-yielding maize h...
Yield increases in forage maize (Zea mays L.) in NW Europe over time are well documented. The drivin...
The objective of this work was to quantify the genetic potential of full-sib maize progenies subject...
The plant density at which Zea mays L. hybrids achieve maximum grain yield has increased throughout ...
Grain yield and the stability of harvest index are greater in newer than in older Argentinean maize ...
Maize (Zea mays. L) traditional breeding presents limitations when selection is performed by adaptat...
The increment in plant density is an alternative to maximize solar radiation interception and to inc...
Mass selection for yield and prolificacy, using independent culling levels, was made in a Colombian ...
One of the elements capable of explaining the epidemics of diseases in the fields of corn production...
Genetic modification of shoot and root morphology has potential to improve water and nutrient 19 up...
Modern genetics have improved maize hybrids to better tolerate stress, use nutrients more efficientl...
This study evaluated the physiological and anatomical traits of two contrasting maize hybrids subjec...
This experiment was conducted in Ames, Iowa, US, with the purpose of verifying if reduction in plant...
Selection for maize (Zea mays L.) grain yield in high-yielding environments at high population densi...
Plants are extremely versatile organisms that respond to the environment in which they find themselv...