Prospective targeted recombination and genetic gains in the intermated B73 × Mo17 maize population (Experiment 1; Lewis et al., 2010; Liu et al., 2010) and in a maize diversity panel (Experiment 2; Schaefer and Bernardo, 2013). Predicted performance assumes one (x = 1) or two (x = 2) targeted recombinations on each of the 10 maize chromosomes.
| Trait | Experiment 1 |
Experiment 2, | ||||||
| Best 1 out of 180‡ | Predicted performance |
RETargeted§ |
mean¶ of RETargeted |
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| Mean† | x = 1 | x = 2 | x = 1 | x = 2 | x = 1 | x = 2 | ||
| % | ||||||||
| Grain yield (kg ha−1) | 8982 | 9618 | 10,330 | 10,599 | 212 | 254 | – | – |
| Moisture (g kg−1) | 201 | 170 | 125 | 93 | 240 | 340 | – | – |
| Yield index | 3.35 | 4.5 | 6.15 | 6.58 | 242 | 280 | – | – |
| Lignin (g kg−1) | 211 | 207 | 195 | 187 | 403 | 631 | – | – |
| Glucose release (g kg−1) | 516 | 539 | 573 | 598 | 243 | 352 | – | – |
| Plant height (cm) | 282 | 259 | 224 | 204 | 252 | 337 | 208 (108–600) | 263 (126–815) |
| Anthesis date (GDD#) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 214 (105–536) | 261 (119–637) |
| Starch (g kg−1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 213 (108–556) | 274 (125–754) |
| Protein (g kg−1) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 189 (109–577) | 232 (126–692) |