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Selection for silage yield and composition did not affect genomic diversity within the Wisconsin Quality Synthetic maize population.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 2 Feb 2015
Lorenz Aaron J, Beissinger Timothy M, Silva Renato Rodrigues, de Leon Natalia
Abstract excerpt
Maize silage is forage of high quality and yield, and represents the second most important use of maize in the United States. The Wisconsin Quality Synthetic (WQS) maize population has undergone five cycles of recurrent selection for silage yield and composition, resulting in a genetically improv...
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