학술논문
BREEDING POTENTIAL OF PHILIPPINE TRADITIONAL MAIZE VARIETIES.
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
Subject
*PLANT breeding
*CORN varieties
*ABIOTIC stress
*MILDEW
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Language
ISSN
1029-7073
Abstract
Maize in the Philippines has been evolving through natural and human-directed selection for more than 500 years. Forty-eight initially collected Philippine traditional maize varieties or populations were characterized with emphasis on tolerance and/or resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. The varieties exhibited high variability for 9 qualitative and 15 quantitative traits. Several varieties showed outstanding performance in terms of downy mildew resistance, potential corn borer resistance, lysine content and earliness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]