Selection Response, Genetic Variation, and Combining Ability of High Oil Maize Genotypes

The second experiment was Genetic Variation in Alexho Elite High Oil Maize Synthetic Selected for Increased Grain Yield. The study showed significant genetic variability estimates were available for grain weight plant -1 in AEC6S3 lines and for grain yield in AEC6S2 x LH185 testcrosses. Due to significant negative genotypic correlation between oil concentration and grain weight plant -1 in AEC6 lines, breeding for increased grain weight plant-1 could reduce oil concentration. Based on adequate levels of additive genetic variance available and high narrow sense heritability estimates for grain yield and other traits in the AEC6S2 x LH185 testcrosses, further improvement for grain yield in testcrosses should be achieved by recurrent selection using inbred LH185 as the tester without a great reduction in both oil and protein concentrations.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Crop Sciences

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Mejaya, I-Made Jana

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lambert, Robert J.

• Agriculture, Plant Culture

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3086137

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85009