Genetic diversity of tropical early-maturing maize inbreds and their performance in hybrid combinations under drought and optimum growing conditions

•Significant differences existed among inbreds and hybrids for most traits.•A total of 130 alleles were detected ranging from 2 to 9 averaging 5.7 alleles per locus.•Thirty-one unique alleles were detected in 21 inbreds.•Microsatellite markers classified the inbred lines into five groups.•TZEI 31×TZ...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Field crops research 2015-01, Vol.170, p.55-65
Hauptverfasser:	Oyekunle, M., Badu-Apraku, B., Hearne, S., Franco, J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Drought stress Drought tolerance Heterosis Inbred lines Simple sequence repeat markers Zea mays
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