Maize aflatoxin accumulation segregates with early maturing selections from an S2 breeding cross population.

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Maize breeders continue to seek new sources of aflatoxin resistance, but most lines identified as resistance sources are late maturing. The vast difference in flowering time makes it hard to cross these lines with proprietary commercial lines that mature much earlier and often subjects the reprod...

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