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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 8-12.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2024-0143

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Separation Characteristics of Maize Plant Traits

SHI Qingling1(), ZHANG Jingwen2, ZHANG Xinyue2, HUO Bing2, DONG Yongbin2()   

  1. 1 Henan Province Seed Industry Development Center, Zhengzhou 450016
    2 College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046
  • Received:2024-02-29 Revised:2024-06-15 Online:2025-01-05 Published:2025-01-01

Abstract:

In order to study the separation characteristics of plant traits in maize, ten maize inbred lines from different sources were selected for cross-mating, and two 8-parent hybrid F1 segregated populations A and B were obtained. The phenotype of five plant traits of the segregated populations was identified, and the correlation analysis and path analysis between plant traits were carried out. The results showed that the variation coefficient of plant height in two segregating populations was large, and the coefficient of variation was 10.34% and 10.54%. Correlation analysis showed that the plant height showed extremely significant positive correlation with ear height, tassel length and average length of internode above ear, and tassel length showed extremely significant positive correlation with average length of internode above ear in two segregated populations. But the correlation between other plant traits of the two populations was not completely consistent. The path analysis showed that the ear height, tassel length and average length of internode above ear had significant positive direct effect on plant height. The tassel length had a large positive indirect effect on plant height through the average length of internode above ear. This study analyzed the relationship between plant traits, which could provide reference for genetic improvement of plant traits in maize.

Key words: maize, plant traits, segregating population, cross-mating, phenotype, correlation analysis, path analysis