Claim · model-written summary
Selection only for early flowering increased corn yield by 1.00 q/ha per cycle.
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Verbatim
e0“Three late, serai‐exotic corn ( Zea mays L.) synthetics were selected (5% level) for early silking by sib‐mating over a six‐generation period; then the seven cycles (including original forms) were compared in performance trials at three plant densities over 2 years”
e1“Virtually every ' trait measured changed significantly due to selection only for early flowering.”
e2“Effect per cycle averaged: 1.00 q/ha yield increase; 1.2 points of percent H 2 O decrease; 2.8% stalk breakage increase; 7.2‐cm plant height decrease; 5.2‐cm ear height decrease; 1.8 days less to flower; and 0.3 days less silk delay.”
Title
Selection for Early Flowering in Corn1
A. F. Troyer; W. L. Brown Crop Science 1972. doi:10.2135/cropsci1972.0011183x001200030014x
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Selection only for early flowering significantly changed virtually every trait measured in corn.
- Intervention effect Selection only for early flowering decreased percent H2O by 1.2 points per cycle in corn.
- Intervention effect Selection only for early flowering increased stalk breakage by 2.8% per cycle in corn.
- Intervention effect Selection only for early flowering decreased plant height by 7.2 cm per cycle in corn.
- Intervention effect Selection only for early flowering decreased ear height by 5.2 cm per cycle in corn.
- Intervention effect Selection only for early flowering reduced days to flowering by 1.8 days per cycle in corn.
- Intervention effect Selection only for early flowering reduced silk delay by 0.3 days per cycle in corn.
- Recommendation Selecting materials for adaptation to high plant densities may be possible by the silk delay method in corn.
- Association Early flowering cycles had a distinct yield advantage in a cool, short season, in a maturity-influenced cycle-by-year interaction.