[Analysis on breeding potential of eight synthetic populations to improve a Chinese maize hybrid Zhengdan 958].

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Maize (Zea mays L.) populations are potential sources of favorable alleles absent in parental inbred lines to improve elite hybrids. The maize hybrid Zhengdan 958 has been hampered by the lack of favorable new alleles for improving yield and commodity quality. In the present study, 16 testcrosses made by using eight synthetic populations as the donors and the two parental lines of Zhengdan 958 as the receptors...

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