Anthesis to Silking Interval Usefulness in Developing Drought
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Date
2013Author
Kahiu, Ngugi
Jerono, Cheserek
Muchira, Cecilia
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Maize, the most important stable crop in Kenya is affected by drought stress mostly at flowering stages causing delay
in silk emergence. The Anthesis to Silking Interval (ASI) is highly correlated to grain yields under drought stress as shown by
experiments conducted at CIMMYT, Mexico. This study aimed at combining both earliness and short ASI in one maize genotype.
Early-maturing, open pollinated varieties (OPVs) from Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), with a long ASI and
late-maturing, inbred lines from CIMMYT with a short ASI were evaluated in a randomized complete block design trial replicated
three times. F2 progenies arising from crosses between these two types of germplasm were generated and tested under
drought stress conditions. There were significant differences among the OPVs and inbred lines, in all traits including ASI. ASI
was significantly correlated to kernel weight (r=0.76), days to anthesis (r=-91), days to silking (r=-0.81) and to leaf senescence
(r=0.86). F2 population of KVD2 x CML442 produced 74-80% of the early flowering genotypes of between 49 and 57 days and
had an ASI segregation range of -2 to 10 days. The results showed that ASI and earliness can be combined and selected for in the
same maize genetic background.
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http://manuscript.sciknow.org/uploads/jra/pub/jra_1365619974.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11295/65256
Publisher
University of Nairobi,
Subject
ASIDays to Anthesis
Days to Silking
Drought Tolerance
Inbred Lines
Open Pollinated Varieties (OPV)