HV-240 varietal hybrid: new maize alternative for the low mountain of Guerrero

Authors

  • Noel Orlando Gómez Montiel Campo Experimental Iguala-INIFAP. Carretera Iguala-Tuxpan km 2.5. Iguala de la Independencia, Guerrero, México. CP 40000. AP. 29
  • Miguel Ángel Cantú Almaguer Campo Experimental Iguala-INIFAP. Carretera Iguala-Tuxpan km 2.5. Iguala de la Independencia, Guerrero, México. CP 40000. AP. 29
  • María Gricelda Vázquez Carrillo Campo Experimental Valle de México-INIFAP. Carretera Los Reyes-Texcoco km 13.5. Texcoco, Estado de México. CP. 56250. AP. 307
  • Fernando Castillo Gonzalez Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillos. Carretera México-Texcoco km 36.5. Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México. CP. 56230
  • César del Ángel Hernández Galeno Campo Experimental Iguala-INIFAP. Carretera Iguala-Tuxpan km 2.5. Iguala de la Independencia, Guerrero, México. CP 40000. AP. 29
  • Flavio Aragón Cuevas Campo Experimental Valles Centrales de Oaxaca-INIFAP. Carretera Internacional Ocozocuautla-Zintalapa km 3.0. Ocozocuautla de Espinosa, Chiapas. CP. 29140
  • Alejandro Espinosa Calderón Campo Experimental Valle de México-INIFAP. Carretera Los Reyes-Texcoco km 13.5. Texcoco, Estado de México. CP. 56250. AP. 307
  • Francisco Palemón Alberto Unidad Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Ambientales-Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero. Periférico poniente s/n. Colonia Villa de Guadalupe, Iguala de la Independencia, Guerrero, México. CP. 40020

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v8i5.122

Keywords:

Zea mays L., grain quality, genetics, germplasm, yield

Abstract

Sowing of non-conventional hybrids is a real possibility to increase maize grain yield in areas of medium productive potential from altitudes of 1 200 to 1 700 m of the Guerrero’s mountains and similar regions, where different ecological niches predominate, in which has been difficult to make specific improved material available to farmers. Therefore the INIFAP’s Maize Breeding Program based in Iguala, Guerrero, since 1985 has been working on the use of native populations of subtropical origin per se or in combination with improved maize and experimental lines till the generation of the new ‘HV-240’ varietal hybrid, obtained with native and improved germplasm so that it shows greater adaptation and better plant type than native maize, which is planted in 70% of the area cultivated with maize in the state of Guerrero. The ‘HV-240’ is characterized by a wide adaptation, a biological cycle of 125 days on average, with 64 days to male and female flowering, plant height of 250 to 270 cm, reason why it shows greater resistance to bending, and grain yield from 5 to 6.5 t ha-1.

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Published

2017-08-13

How to Cite

Gómez Montiel Noel Orlando, Cantú Almaguer Miguel Ángel, Vázquez Carrillo María Gricelda, Fernando Castillo Gonzalez, Hernández Galeno César del Ángel, Aragón Cuevas Flavio, Espinosa Calderón Alejandro, and Palemón Alberto Francisco. 2017. “HV-240 Varietal Hybrid: New Maize Alternative for the Low Mountain of Guerrero”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas 8 (5). México, ME:1219-23. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v8i5.122.

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