Breeding widely adapted, popular maize hybrids

By A. Troyer. Euphytica, 2004

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Improving drought tolerance in maize: a view from industry (2004, background): “US maize yields have steadily increased since the 1930s (Troyer, 1996).”
Adaptedness and heterosis in corn and mule hybrids (2006, methodology): “more widely adapted hybrids that interact less with seasonal weather (Troyer, 1996).”
Number of crosses and population size for participatory and classical plant breeding (2001, background): “This enhances the value of being able to cost-effectively use a large population size.”
Heterosis decreasing in hybrids: yield test inbreds. (2009, background): “Wide area testing, across multiple research stations, began in 1966 (Troyer 1996).”
The Contribution of Breeding to Yield Advances in maize (Zea mays L.) (2005, background): “High plant density increases the deleterious effects of various kinds of stress —abiotic and biotic—and so increases the need for genetic improvements in stress tolerance (Troyer, 1996).”