Maize breeding: How to provide further progress

• Published in: Selekcija i semenarstvo Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 19 - 32
• Main Authors: Jocković Đorđe, Bekavac Goran, Purar Božana, Nastasić Aleksandra, Malidža Goran, Dimitrijević Miodrag, Đalović Ivica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Serbian Association of Plant Breedings and Seed Producers 01-01-2009
• Subjects: drought; maize; stability; stress; yield
• ISSN: 0354-5881; 2406-209X

Maize is the first crop in the world concerning total production in tones per year. A big money and many scientific workers are working in the maize breeding. Millions of new hybrid combinations are tested every year in order to find the best of new hybrids. In spite off that currently hybrids has a pretty narrow genetic basis. The main goal in maize breeding is to create a new high yielding hybrid with good adaptability and yield stability. For that modern maize hybrid has to poses genes for tolerance against stress (drought and high temperatures), diseases and pest. Genetic variability in maize and conventional and modern technics of biotechnology will provide enough capability to ensure progress in maize breeding continually as until now. It means that we can expect even better maize hybrids in future. .