Leticia Prada de Miranda

Gene action, combining ability, heterotic grouping and hybrid performance of tropical maize inbred lines from a public breeding program in Brazil

Introduction Single-cross hybrids are the predominant type of cultivar planted by maize growers worldwide. The clear understanding of both the inheritance of target traits and the heterotic patterns of breeding germplasm is essential for the development of heterotic and high-yielding single-cross hybrids in maize breed...