Gains in Grain Yield of Extra-Early Maize during Three Breeding Periods under Drought and Rainfed Conditions

Crop Science

Badu-Apraku, B.^1¹  Chabi, Y. C.^3²  Ifie, B. E.^2³  Obeng-Antwi, K.^4⁴  Talabi, A. O.^1⁵ 

[1] International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria^1;Maize Improvement Unit, CRI, Ghana^4;Maize Improvement, INRAB, Cotonou, Benin^3;Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Tamale, Ghana^5;West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, Univ. of Ghana, Accra^2

关键词: AMMI;    additive main effects and multiplicative interaction;    ASI;    anthesis–silking interval;    DA;    days to 50% anthesis;    DS;    days to 50% silking;    EASP;    ear aspect;    EHT;    ear height;    EPP;    number of ears per plant;    ESA;    Eastern and Southern Africa;    GEI;    genotype × environment interaction;    HUSK;    husk cover;    IPCA;    interaction principal component axis;    MSV;    Maize streak virus;    OPV;    open-pollinated variety;    PASP;    plant aspect;    PHT;    plant height;    RL;    root lodging;    SSA;    sub-Saharan Africa;    SL;    stalk lodging;    STGR;    stay-green characteristic;    WAP;    weeks after planting;    WCA;    West and Central Africa;   

DOI  :  10.2135/cropsci2018.03.0168

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Crop Science

【 摘 要 】

Drought is a key maize (Zea mays L.) production constraint in sub-Saharan Africa. Fourteen, fifteen, and twenty-five extra-early maturing maize cultivars, with varying Striga resistance and drought and low soil N tolerance, were developed from 1995 to 2000 (Period 1), 2001 to 2006 (Period 2), and 2007 to 2012 (Period 3), respectively. The objectives of this study were to examine yield gains in the cultivars and to investigate inter-trait relationships and yield stability under six drought and 17 rainfed conditions in West Africa from 2013 to 2016. Annual rate of yield increase across cultivars was 0.034 (3.28%) and 0.068 Mg ha⁻¹ (2.25%), whereas yield gains per period were 0.17 and 0.38 Mg ha⁻¹ under drought and rainfed environments, respectively. Yield gains under drought and rainfed environments were related to prolonged flowering period, increased plant and ear heights, improved stalk lodging, and ear and plant aspects, whereas delayed leaf senescence and increased number of ears per plant accompanied yield improvement under drought only. Ear aspect and number of ears per plant were primary contributors to yield and could be used as selection criteria for yield enhancement under drought and rainfed conditions. High-yielding and stable cultivars across all environments based on additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) biplot included ‘2004 TZEE-Y Pop STR C₄’ and ‘TZEE-W Pop STR BC₂ C₀’ of Period 2 and ‘2009 TZEE-W STR’, ‘TZEE-Y STR 106’, ‘TZEE-W STR 107’, and ‘TZEE-W DT C₀ STR C₅’ of Period 3. These cultivars could be commercialized to improve food self-sufficiency in sub-Saharan Africa.

【 授权许可】

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