Determinants of grain weight in native cultivars and hybrids of maize

Authors

  • Esmeralda Corona-Mendoza Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México- Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Campus Universitario “El Cerrillo”. Carretera. Toluca-Ixtlahuaca km 15, entronque al Cerrillo Toluca, México. C. P. 50200, Tel y fax (722) 296-55-18
  • Carlos Gustavo Martínez-Rueda Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México- Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Campus Universitario “El Cerrillo”. Carretera. Toluca-Ixtlahuaca km 15, entronque al Cerrillo Toluca, México. C. P. 50200, Tel y fax (722) 296-55-18
  • Gaspar Estrada-Campuzano Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México- Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Campus Universitario “El Cerrillo”. Carretera. Toluca-Ixtlahuaca km 15, entronque al Cerrillo Toluca, México. C. P. 50200, Tel y fax (722) 296-55-18

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v3i8.1315

Keywords:

Zea mays L., grain filling rate, maximum grain weight, water content in grain

Abstract

The objective of this work was to study the physiological parameters that explain variations in individual grain weight among native cultivars and hybrids and analyze the genetic advance in grain yield of highland maize. There were evaluated two native cultivars (Ixtlahuaca and Jiquipilco), two ancient hybrid (H-30 and H-32) and two modern (Z- 60 and H-40), in four contrasting environments, varying planting date (OD: optimal 2/4/09 and LD: late 30/04/09) and production systems (AS: ancient 5 plants m-2, 80N-40P-00K and MS: modern 8 plants m-2, 180N-90P-60K), in 2009 in Toluca,Mexico.Thereweresignificantdifferencesbetween genotypes and environments for maximum grain weight (MGW), grain yield (GY) and its major components, without GxAinteractioneffects.VariationsintheMGWweremainly explained by changes in the grain filling rate (GFR). In the OD, native cultivars showed higher MGW and maximum water content in the grain (MWCG) due to increased RGF. The potential capacity of demand (PCD) was higher in modern hybrids, and was directly related (R2= 0.89, p< 0.01) with a higher GY. The modern hybrids in the four environments had higher GY, exceeding in average the native cultivars at 2.27 t ha-1 and to ancient hybrids in 1.59 t ha-1. These results indicate that genetic progress achieved with modern hybrids from Highlands is based on a more stable GN and MGW.

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2018-06-12

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Corona-Mendoza, Esmeralda, Martínez-Rueda Carlos Gustavo, and Gaspar Estrada-Campuzano. 2018. “Determinants of Grain Weight in Native Cultivars and Hybrids of Maize”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas 3 (8). México, ME:1479-94. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v3i8.1315.

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Vol. 3 No. 8 (2012)

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