Sharma, S. and Carena, M.J. (2016) Grain quality in Maize (Zea mays L.): breeding implications for short-season drought environments. Euphytica, 212 (2). pp. 247-260.
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Abstract
Total and extractable starch, oil, protein, and amino acids of maize (Zea mays L.) are important to farmers and ranchers because of their various end uses including ethanol and feedstock nutrition. The objectives of this study were: (1) to evaluate grain quality traits in different water regimes and (2) to discuss the implications for breeding maize quality cultivars in water stressed (WS) environments. Ninety-four partial diallel crosses including 47 diverse maize inbreds and checks were tested in 12 WS, well watered (WW), and random drought (RDT) environments in 2013 and 2014. The changes in mean grain extractable (\1.33 %) and total starch (\0.74 %), oil (\2.2 %), cysteine (\2.91 %) and lysine (\2.81 %) contents in WS and RDT were small while the changes in grain protein (?6.58 % in WS and ?3.46 % in RDT) and methionine (?4.41 % in WS and -1.86 % in RDT) content were large compared to WW environments......
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Zea mays L., Amino acids, Drought, Grain quality, Partial diallel, Short-season hybrids |
| Author Affiliation: | Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Dep. #7670, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, USA |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Maize |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2016 07:35 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2016 07:35 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10681-016-1764-5 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14614 |
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