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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Evaluation of Five Cycles of Selection for Canopy Photosynthesis in Corn
Abstract
dc:descriptionPhotosynthesis is a primary mechanism which determines the total dry matter production and thus economic yield of a plant. Beginning in 1982, half-sib families of maize synthetic RSSSC were monitored for CO$\sb2$ exchange rate, (CER), a common indicator of photosynthesis. The objectives of the study were to determine: (1) the seasonal characteristics of maize canopy CER, (2) heritability of canopy CER, (3) whether selection for canopy CER can be effective in increasing grain yield, (4) how other plant traits might vary with canopy CER, and (5) possible factors which may influence seasonal canopy CER.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Agronomy
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Nubel, Douglas Stuart
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Alexander, D.E.
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8908792
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71658