Research Article

Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis of agronomic traits in a maize recombinant inbred line population

Published: January 21, 2014
Genet. Mol. Res. 13 (1) : 457-461 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4238/2014.January.21.14
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H.M. Zhang, G.Q. Hui, Q. Luo, Y. Sun, X.H. Liu (2014). Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis of agronomic traits in a maize recombinant inbred line population. Genet. Mol. Res. 13(1): 457-461. https://doi.org/10.4238/2014.January.21.14
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Abstract

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important crops in the world. In this study, 13 agronomic traits of a recombinant inbred line population that was derived from the cross between Mo17 and Huangzao4 were investigated in maize: ear diameter, ear length, ear axis diameter, ear weight, plant height, ear height, days to pollen shed (DPS), days to silking (DS), the interval between DPS and DS, 100-kernel weight, kernel test weight, ear kernel weight, and kernel rate. Furthermore, the descriptive statistics and correlation analysis of the 13 traits were performed using the SPSS 11.5 software. The results providing the phenotypic data here are needed for the quantitative trait locus mapping of these agronomic traits.

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important crops in the world. In this study, 13 agronomic traits of a recombinant inbred line population that was derived from the cross between Mo17 and Huangzao4 were investigated in maize: ear diameter, ear length, ear axis diameter, ear weight, plant height, ear height, days to pollen shed (DPS), days to silking (DS), the interval between DPS and DS, 100-kernel weight, kernel test weight, ear kernel weight, and kernel rate. Furthermore, the descriptive statistics and correlation analysis of the 13 traits were performed using the SPSS 11.5 software. The results providing the phenotypic data here are needed for the quantitative trait locus mapping of these agronomic traits.