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Molecular-Marker-Mediated Characterization of Favorable Exotic Alleles at Quantitative Trait Loci in Maize

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci1995.0011183X003500050009x
 
Title Molecular-Marker-Mediated Characterization of Favorable Exotic Alleles at Quantitative Trait Loci in Maize
 
Creator Ragot, M.
Sisco, P H
Hoisington, D A
Stuber, C W
 
Subject Maize
 
Description Exotic maize (Zea mays L.) germplasm, shown to be useful for developing improved temperate cultivars, has remained little used partly because of many inherent shortcomings. Five F2 populations, developed from South American and U.S. germplasm, were used to detect favorable factors of exotic origin at quantitative trait loci (QTL) with isozymes and RFLPs. A number of traits of agronomic importance, including grain yield, were measured on F2 individuals and/or F3 families grown in several environments. Many QTLs, mostly with small effects, were identified. Major QTLs for grain yield and number of ears per plant were located on chromosomes 3 and 6. Stability of QTLs across environments was high. Favorable alleles of exotic origin were found at QTLs for several traits including grain yield and number of ears per plant. Most of these alleles also showed undesirable effects on other traits, however. Nevertheless, the superiority of exotic alleles over adapted alleles was demonstrated clearly at a few QTLs, re-affirming the usefulness of exotic germplasm for temperate maize breeding.
 
Publisher Crop Science Society of America
 
Date 1995
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5705/1/CS_1995_35_5_1306-1315.pdf
Ragot, M. and Sisco, P H and Hoisington, D A and Stuber, C W (1995) Molecular-Marker-Mediated Characterization of Favorable Exotic Alleles at Quantitative Trait Loci in Maize. Crop Science, 35. pp. 1306-1315. ISSN 1435-0653