Late maturity and high grain moisture content at harvest have been major limitations to the use of tropical maize (Zea mays L.) germplasm in temperate regions. The objective of this study was to determine if selection for reduced grain moisture content at harvest in a tropical maize population indirectly influenced grain yield potential. Two hundred sixteen temperately‐adapted S4 lines were derived in 1991 at Raleigh, NC, from Cycle 9 of recurrent phenotypic selection for reduced grain moisture at harvest in the tropical maize population TROPHY, and these were testcrossed in 1992 at Raleigh, NC, to the temperate hybrid B73Ht × Mo17Ht. Selected subsets of these testcrosses were evaluated for their agronomic potential in seven environments over two years, and their performance was compared with that of Cycle 0 S0 testcrosses as well as three public and three commercial F1 hybrids. Selected Cycle 9 S4 testcrosses had higher mean grain yield (7.14 Mg ha‒1) and lower mean grain moisture at harvest (184 g kg−1) than the Cycle 0 So testcrosses (6.77 Mg ha−1, and 189 g kg−1 respectively). The highest yielding Cycle 9 S4 testcrosses were comparable to the commercial hybrid LH132 × LH51. This study supported the conclusion that ergonomically competitive inbred lines with acceptable grain moisture content at harvest can be derived from 100% tropical germplasm.
Tissue culture may generate useful genetic variation for quantitative traits. The objective of this study was to analyze genetic variation for ten quantitative traits of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] among lines derived from the tissue culture of three cultivars. The three cultivars used to obtain R0 plants from tissue culture were "BSR 101", "Hodgson 78", and "Jilin 3". A total of 63 R0-derived lines of BSR 101, eight of Hodgson 78, and 42 of Jilin 3 was planted with the untreated controls in row plots in a randomized complete-block design with three replications at two locations for each of 2 years. The traits evaluated were days to beginning bloom (R1), beginning seed (R5), beginning maturity (R7), full maturity (R8), height, lodging, seed yield, seed weight, protein content, and oil content. Significant (P < 0.05) variation was observed among lines for each of the ten quantitative traits. There was 57.1% of the BSR 101 lines, 87.5% of the Hodgson 78 lines, and 76.2% of the Jilin 3 lines that were significantly different from the controls for at least one trait. The percentages of lines that were significantly different from the control for an individual trait ranged from 2.7% for oil content to 25.7% for R7. The magnitude of the changes was relatively small. Although this genetic variation may be useful for cultivar development, greater variability at less expense would be expected with conventional artificial hybridization.
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