This research was carried out in a farm situated in Malkara District of Tekirdag Province (Turkey) in 1994-95, and the effect of genotype and environmental conditions on some characters and variations of these characters in terms of silage yield in 8 dent corn varieties were determined. The results of this research showed that leaf weight, stem diameter, and silage yield had a low broad sense heritability while the number of leaves per plant had a high heritability. Yield performance of varieties varied to a significant degree because of variations in rainfall rate during the growing periods. Leaf number, silage yield, leaf weight, stem diameter, plant height and ear weight varied between 13.33-17.33 number, 8,443-11,114 ton/hec, 152.8-244.2 g, 2,615-2,965 cm, 216.5-252.5 g and 176.2-285.8 g, respectively.

In this study, 80 F7:8 recombinant inbred lines (RIL), derived from a cross between dent corn and waxy corn, were evaluated for 10 grain yield and eating-related traits over a two-year period. A total of 39 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and 74 epistatic interactions were confirmed in 2011 and 2012. All QTLs detected in 2011 and 2012, qAC9 (amylose content), qEH4 (ear height), qSEL6 (setted ear length), and q100KW10 (fresh 100 kernel weight) had higher phenotypic variance and were observed in both years; therefore, they may be considered major QTLs. We reported that the QE interaction affects (QTLs and environmental changes) for qEH4, qSEL6, and q100KW10 in discussion. Some new QTLs identified in this study were located on different loci compared with other studies. The genetic region (bin 4.08) strongly controls plant height and ear height, and results from pleiotropy and/or tight linkage. qST3 (including stem thickness) and qEH3 were co-located within two common adjacent simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers (umc2275 and umc1273), whereas qEL6 (ear length) and qSEL6 were co-located within two common adjacent SSR markers (umc2309 and bnlg238). Thus, these SSR markers are a useful selection tool for screening grain yield and yield component traits.

옥수수의 종자발육에 ethylene이 미치는 영향을 알기 위하여 마치종, 단옥수수, 초당옥수의 배와 배유의 발육과 ethylene 발생을 조사하였다. 그리고 초당옥수수에 ethylene 발생과 작용을 조절하는 aminoethoxyvinyl glycine(AVG), silver thiosulfate(STS), ethephon(2-chloroethylphosphonic acid, CEPA)를 출사 후 9 및 21일에 전 식물체와 포엽에 처리하여 ethylene 발생양상과 배와 배유의 발육을 조사하여 채종 시 종자발달을 촉진할 수 있는 방법을 찾고자 하였으며, 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 마치종은 배와 배유 모두 출사 후 56일까지 건물중이 증가하였다. 그러나 단옥수수와 초당옥수수의 배는 출사 후 각각 56일 및 49일까지, 배유는 출사 후 35일 및 28일까지 증가하였다. 2. 종자의 ethylene 발생량은 초당옥수수가 단옥수수나 마치종보다 많았다. 3. 배유조직의 변화는 출사 후 21일부터 배의 끝 부분에서 동공이 생기기 시작하여 마치종은 동공이 유지되나 단옥수수는 출수 후 42일에는 동공이 붕괴되었고, 초당옥수수는 배 위쪽 및 옆쪽까지 동공이 생겼다가 수축되었다. 4. 초당옥수수 품종 Xtrasweet 82에서 AVG와 STS는 ethylene 발생량을 감소시키고 100립중을 다소 증가시켰으나, CEPA는 ethylene 발생량을 증가시키고 100립중을 감소 시키는 경향이었다. 5. CEPA 처리는 배유에 동공이 발생하는 시기가 다소 빨랐으나 AVG와 STS 처리는 큰 효과가 없었다.