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Long-Term Selection in a Commercial Hybrid Maize Breeding Program
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This article is published in Plant Breeding Reviews.The article was published on 2010-06-24. It has received 428 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Selection (genetic algorithm) & Breeding program.read more
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U.S. Billion-ton Update: Biomass Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry
Mark Downing,Laurence Eaton,Robin L. Graham,Matthew Langholtz,Robert D. Perlack,Anthony F Turhollow Jr,Bryce J. Stokes,Craig C. Brandt +7 more
TL;DR: The report, Biomass as feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply (generally referred to as the 2005 BTS), was an estimate of “potential” biomass within the contiguous United States based on numerous assumptions about current and future inventory and production capacity, availability, and technology as mentioned in this paper.
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The Contribution of Breeding to Yield Advances in maize (Zea mays L.)
TL;DR: Maize (Zea mays L.) yields have risen continually wherever hybrid maize has been adopted, starting in the U.S. corn belt in the early 1930s, and genetic gains may have to bear a larger share of the load in future years.
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Breeding for Yield Potential and Stress Adaptation in Cereals
TL;DR: The physiological basis of crop yield and its response to stresses is highlighted, with special emphasis on drought, and ways to improve the efficiency of crop breeding through a better physiological understanding by both conventional and molecular methods are discussed.
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Can Changes in Canopy and/or Root System Architecture Explain Historical Maize Yield Trends in the U.S. Corn Belt?
Graeme Hammer,Zhanshan Dong,Greg McLean,A. Doherty,Carlos D. Messina,Jeff Schussler,Chris Zinselmeier,Steve Paszkiewicz,Mark E. Cooper +8 more
TL;DR: The analysis indicated that change in root system architecture and water capture had a direct effect on biomass accumulation and historical yield trends; and change in canopy architecture had little direct effect but likely had important indirect effects via leaf area retention and partitioning of carbohydrate to the ear.
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Improving drought tolerance in maize: a view from industry
TL;DR: It is concluded that while gains in kernels per plant can be made by exploiting native genetic variation among elite breeding lines, improvements in functional stay-green or in root distribution and function may require additional genetic variation from outside the species.
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Inbreeding Depression, Inbred and Hybrid Grain Yields, and Other Traits of Maize Genotypes Representing Three Eras1
TL;DR: The objectives of this study were to determine the nature of the genetic improvement of maize hybrids over a period of about 40 years using a representative series of hybrids and to determine any associated changes in morphological and yield component traits.
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Yield Potential Trends of Tropical Rice since the Release of IR8 and the Challenge of Increasing Rice Yield Potential
TL;DR: Factors that cause poor grain filling and low biomass production of the NPT lines have been identified and selecting parents with good grain filling traits, introduction of indica genes into NPT's tropical japonica background, and a refinement of the original NPT design are expected to improve the performance of theNPT lines.
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Yield Improvement in Temperate Maize is Attributable to Greater Stress Tolerance
Matthijs Tollenaar,J. Wu +1 more
TL;DR: Results of the studies indicate that increased stress tolerance is associated with lower plant-to- plant variability and that increased plant- to-plant variability results in lower stress tolerance.
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Selection Improves Drought Tolerance in Tropical Maize Populations: I. Gains in Biomass, Grain Yield, and Harvest Index
TL;DR: Improved drought tolerance was attributed to simultaneous selection in well-watered environments and under carefully managed water stress at flowering, resulting in greater partitioning of biomass to the ear and increased harvest index.
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Selection for Drought Tolerance Increases Maize Yields across a Range of Nitrogen Levels
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of selection for drought tolerance on performance of tropical maize (Zea mays L.) under a range of N levels was examined in two experiments under severe N stress, one experiment under medium N stress and two well-fertilized experiments.
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