Euphytica - 185 (3), 2012

Contents:

The breeding possibilities and genetic parameters of maize resistance to foliar diseases
Rafael Augusto Vieira, Carlos Alberto Scapim, Lia Mara Moterle

Combining ability of popcorn lines for seed quality and agronomic traits
Lia Mara Moterle, Alessandro de Lucca e Braccini, Carlos Alberto Scapim

Genetic analysis and genotype × environment (G × E) for grey leaf spot disease resistance in elite African maize (Zea mays L.) germplasm
Julia Sibiya, Pangirayi Tongoona, John Derera, Neil van Rij

Algorithmic models of seed yield and its components in smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis L.) via large sample size under field conditions
Quanzhen Wang, Jian Cui, Xianguo Wang, Tiejun Zhang, He Zhou, Tianming Hu

Genotype × environment interactions in populations possessing Ga1-s and ga1 alleles for cross incompatibility in maize
Moisés D. González, Linda M. Pollak, A. Susana Goggi

Genetic effects and genetic relationships among shrunken (sh2) sweet corn lines and F1 hybrids
K. F. Solomon, I. Martin, A. Zeppa Pages

Trends of grain yield and plant traits in Chinese maize cultivars from the 1950s to the 2000s
Xiaoke Ci, Mingshun Li, Jiashun Xu, Zhenyu Lu, Pengfei Bai, Gaolin Ru

Effect of recombination in the maize breeding population with exotic germplasm on the yield stability
Tomislav Živanović, Gordana Branković, Miroslav Zorić

Genetic analysis of kernel oil content in tropical maize with design III and QTL mapping
Gustavo Vitti Môro, Mateus Figueiredo Santos, Dyeme Antônio Vieira Bento

Quantitative trait loci associated with grain moisture at harvest for line per se and testcross performance in maize: a meta-analysis
Rodrigo G. Sala, Fernando H. Andrade, Julio C. Cerono

Variation and covariation for Gibberella ear rot resistance and agronomic traits in testcrosses of doubled haploid maize lines
Matthias Martin, Wolfgang Schipprack, Thomas Miedaner, Baldev S. Dhillon

Doubled haploids in tropical maize: II. Quantitative genetic parameters for testcross performance
Vanessa Prigge, Raman Babu, Biswanath Das, M. Hernández Rodriguez

GGE biplot analysis to evaluate genotype, environment and their interactions in sorghum multi-location data
Sujay Rakshit, K. N. Ganapathy, S. S. Gomashe, A. Rathore, R. B. Ghorade

Development of in vivo haploid inducers for tropical maize breeding programs
Vanessa Prigge, Wolfgang Schipprack, George Mahuku, Gary N. Atlin

Genetic diversity assessment and genotype identification in sugarcane based on DNA markers and morphological traits
M. F. Perera, M. E. Arias, D. Costilla, A. C. Luque, M. B. García

Genome size variation in three Saccharum species
Jisen Zhang, Chifumi Nagai, Qingyi Yu, Yong-Bao Pan, Tomas Ayala-Silva

QTL underlying field grain drying rate after physiological maturity in maize (Zea Mays L.)
Zhenhua Wang, Xia Wang, Lin Zhang, Xianjun Liu, Hong Di, Tingfeng Li

Combining ability of low phytic acid (lpa1-1) and quality protein maize (QPM) lines for seed germination and vigour under stress and non-stress conditions
R. Naidoo, P. Tongoona, J. Derera, M. D. Laing, G. M. F. Watson

From sugar industry to cane industry: investigations on multivariate data analysis techniques in the identification of different high biomass sugarcane varieties
Deepack Santchurn, Kishore Ramdoyal, Mohammad Goolam Houssen Badaloo

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