The French network "AgroBio Périgord, Maison de la Semence", for instance, disseminates a technical book on the multiplication and selection of maize and sunflower on farms to the 250 growers that take part in the Western France network.
We explored the AM fungal assemblage in a selection of maize fields across a landscape in eastern New York State and characterized their diversity, dominance, and species abundance distribution.
Identification of SNPs associated with root traits would enable the selection of maize lines with better root architecture that might help to improve N uptake, and consequently plant growth particularly under N deficient conditions.
Chinese waxy maize, which originated from non-glutinous domesticated maize (Zea mays ssp. mays), provides a unique model for investigating the post-domestication selection of maize.
The selection of maize as study object provided data directly from an important crop species and the so far underexplored C4 metabolism.
In the present study, we were interested in the potential for response to selection of maize inbred lines, which are generally considered as a fixed material when used either for genetic analysis or in selection, but which may encompass some residual standing variation.
