Breeding potential of semidwarf corn for grain and forage in the Northern U.S. corn belt

Crop Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1637-1645

  Schaefer, Christopher M ^a   Sheaffer, Craig C ^a   Bernardo, Rex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79959596901     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2010.10.0608     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Alessi, J., and J.F. Power. 1974. Effects of plant population, row spacing, and relative maturity on dryland corn in the northern plains. I. Corn forage and grain yield. Agron. J. 66:316-319. doi:10.2134/agronj1974.00021962006600020037x
2. AOAC. 1990. Official methods of analysis. 15th ed. Assoc. Offic. Anal. Chem., Arlington, VA.
3. Barnes, R.J., M.S. Dhanoa, and S.J. Lister. 1989. Standard normal variate transformation and de-trending of near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectra. Appl. Spectrosc. 43:772-777. doi:10.1366/0003702894202201
4. Begna, S.H., R.I. Hamilton, L.M. Dwyer, D.W. Stewart, D. Cloutier, L. Assemat, K. Foroutan-Pour, and D.L. Smith. 2001. Weed biomass production response to plant spacing and corn (Zea mays) hybrids differing in canopy architecture. Weed Technol. 15:647-653. doi:10.1614/0890-37X(2001)015[0647:WBPRTP]2.0.CO;2
5. Begna, S.H., R.I. Hamilton, L.M. Dwyer, D.W. Stewart, and D.L. Smith. 1997. Effects of population density on the yield and yield components of leafy reduced-stature maize in short-season areas. J. Agron. Crop Sci. 178:103-110. doi:10.1111/j.1439-037X.1997.tb00357.x
6. Bernardo, R. 2010. Breeding for quantitative traits in plants. 2nd ed. Stemma Press, Woodbury, MN.
7. Byers, J.H., K.A. Kendall, and E.E. Ormiston. 1965. Feeding value of dwarf corn silage compared with corn and hybrid sorghum silages. J. Dairy Sci. 48:203-205. doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(65)88195-4
8. Carena, M.J. 2005. Maize commercial hybrids compared to improved population hybrids for grain yield and agronomic performance. Euphytica 141:201-208. doi:10.1007/s10681-005-7072-0
9. Coors, J.G., and J.G. Lauer. 2001. Silage corn. p. 347-392. In A.R. Hallauer (ed.) Specialty corns. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
10. Coulter, J. 2009. Optimum plant population for corn in Minnesota. Available at http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/cropsystems/M1244.html (verified 9 Apr. 2011). Univ. of Minnesota Ext., St. Paul.
11. Darby, H.M., and J.G. Lauer. 2002. Harvest date and hybrid influence on corn forage yield, quality, and preservation. Agron. J. 94:559-566. doi:10.2134/agronj2002.0559
12. Dijak, M., A.M. Modarres, R.I. Hamilton, L.M. Dwyer, D.W. Stewart, D.E. Mather, and D.L. Smith. 1999. Leafy reduced-stature maize hybrids for short-season environments. Crop Sci. 39:1106-1110. doi:10.2135/cropsci1999.0011183X003900040025x
13. Goering, H.K., and P.J. Van Soest. 1970. Forage fiber analysis (apparatus, reagents, procedures, and some applications). Agric. Handb. 379. U.S. Gov. Print.Office, Washington, DC.
14. Goodman, M.M. 1985. Exotic maize germplasm: Status, prospects, and remedies. Iowa State J. Res. 59:497-527.
15. Hall, M.B. 2000. Neutral detergent-soluble carbohydrates: Nutritional relevance and analysis: A laboratory manual. Bull. 339. Univ. of Florida Ext., Gainesville.
16. Hallauer, A.R. 1978. Potential of exotic germplasm for maize improvement. p. 229-247. In D.B. Walden (ed.) Maize breeding and genetics. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
17. Hedden, P. 2003. The genes of the Green Revolution. Trends Genet. 19:5-9. doi:10.1016/S0168-9525(02)00009-4
18. Hunter, R.B. 1978. Selection and evaluation procedures for whole-plant corn silage. Can. J. Plant Sci. 58:661-678. doi:10.4141/cjps78-101
19. Knapp, S.J., W.M. Ross, and W.W. Stroup. 1987. Precision of genetic variance and heritability estimates. Crop Sci. 27:265-268. doi:10.2135/cropsci1987.0011183X002700020029x
20. Kutka, F.J., and M.E. Smith. 2007. How many parents give the highest yield in predicted synthetic and composite populations of maize? Crop Sci. 47:1905-1913. doi:10.2135/cropsci2006.12.0802sc
21. Modarres, A.M., R.I. Hamilton, M. Dijak, L.M. Dwyer, D.W. Stewart, D.E. Mather, and D.L. Smith. 1998. Plant population density effects on maize inbred lines grown in short-season environments. Crop Sci. 38:104-108. doi:10.2135/cropsci1998.0011183X003800010018x
22. Modarres, A.M., R.I. Hamilton, L.M. Dwyer, D.W. Stewart, M. Dijak, and D.L. Smith. 1997a. Leafy reduced-stature maize for short-season environments: Yield and yield components of inbred lines. Euphytica 97:129-138. doi:10.1023/A:1002953906498
23. Modarres, A.M., R.I. Hamilton, L.M. Dwyer, D.W. Stewart, D.E. Mather, M. Dijak, and D.L. Smith. 1997b. Leafy reduced-stature maize for short-season environments: Morphological aspects of inbred lines. Euphytica 96:301-309. doi:10.1023/A:1003006922761
24. Moomaw, R.S., and T.L. Mader. 1991. Doublecropping seed and forage crops with small grains in the Upper Midwest. J. Prod. Agric. 4:385-390.
25. Nelson, O.E., and A.J. Ohlrogge. 1957. Differential responses to population pressures by normal and dwarf lines of maize. Science 125:1200. doi:10.1126/science.125.3259.1200
26. Neuffer, M.G., E.H. Coe, and S.R. Wessler. 1997. Mutants of maize. Cold Spring Harbor Lab. Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
27. Olson, R.A., and D.H. Sander. 1988. Corn production. p. 639-686. In G.F. Sprague and J.W. Dudley (ed.) Corn and corn improvement. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI.
28. Sala, G.S., F.H. Andrade, and M.E. Westgate. 2007. Maize kernal moisture at physiological maturity as affected by the source-sink relationship during grain filling. Crop Sci. 47:711-716. doi:10.2135/cropsci2006.06.0381
29. SAS Institute. 2004. User's guide: Statistics. SAS Inst., Cary, NC.
30. Savitsky, A., and M.J.E. Golay. 1964. Smoothing and differentiaion of data by simplified least squares procedures. Anal. Chem. 36:1627-1639. doi:10.1021/ac60214a047
31. Scott, G.E., and C.M. Campbell. 1969. Internode length in normal and brachytic-2 maize inbreds and single crosses. Crop Sci. 9:293-295. doi:10.2135/cropsci1969.0011183X000900030012x
32. Shaver, R.D., J.G. Lauer, J.G. Coors, and P. Hoffman. 2006. MILK2006 corn silage: Calculates TDN-1x, NEL-3x, milk per ton, and MILK per acre. Available at http://www.uwex.edu/ces/dairynutrition/spreadsheets.cfm (verified 9 Apr. 2011). Univ. of Wisconsin Ext., Madison.
33. Shenk, J.S., and M.O. Westerhaus. 1994. The application of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to forage analysis. p. 406-449. In G.C. Fahey, Jr. (ed.) Forage quality, evaluation, and utilization. ASA, CSSA, SSSA, Madison, WI.
34. Stuber, C.W. 1978. Exotic sources for broadening genetic diversity in corn breeding programs. p. 34-47. In H.D. Loden and D. Wilkinson (ed.) Proc. Annu. Corn Sorghum Res. Conf., 33rd. Am. Seed Trade Assoc., Washington, DC.
35. Tollenaar, M., A.A. Dibo, A. Aguilera, S.F. Weise, and C.J. Swanton. 1994. Effect of crop density on weed interference in maize. Agron. J. 86:591-595. doi:10.2134/agronj1994.00021962008600040003x
36. Vogel, O.A., R.E. Allen, and C.J. Peterson. 1963. Plant and performance characteristics of semidwarf winter wheats producing most efficiently in eastern Washington. Agron. J. 55:397-398. doi:10.2134/agronj1963.00021962005500040030x
37. Windscheffel, J.A., R.L. Vanderlip, and A.J. Casady. 1973. Performance of 2-dwarf and 3-dwarf grain sorghum hybrids harvested at various moisture contents. Crop Sci. 13:215-219. doi:10.2135/cropsci1973.0011183X001300020020x
38. Winkler, R.G., and M. Freeling. 1994. Physiological genetics of the dominant gibberellin-nonresponsive maize dwarfs, Dwarf8 and Dwarf9. Planta 193:341-348. doi:10.1007/BF00201811