Studies on combining ability and heterotic grouping of 24 quality protein maize inbreds and four temperate representative inbreds of Chinese major heterotic groups
Wu JianCong; Xu ChunXia; Chen HongMei; Tan Jing; Han XueRui; Huang BiHua; Fan XingMing
Scientia Agricultura Sinica 40(6): 1288-1296
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0578-1752
Accession: 014203210
Studies were conducted to determine the combining ability between quality protein maize inbreds and temperate normal maize inbreds. A total of 24 quality protein maize inbreds were crossed with 4 temperate normal elite maize inbreds, which represented 4 major heterotic groups in China, by the NC II mating design. Grain yield of 96 crosses were evaluated in 3 different environments in Yunnan, China.