Romanian maize (Zea mays) inbred lines as a source of genetic diversity in SE Europe, and their potential in future breeding efforts.
Maize has always been under constant human selection ever since it had been domesticated. Intensive breeding programs that resulted in the massive use of hybrids nowadays have started in the 60s. That brought significant yield increases but reduced the genetic diversity at the same time. Consequentl...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/8258bc2d26f341cea6205964c27f0862 |
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