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CONTENTS - MAYDICA VOL. 47, 2002

Genetic divergence and its correlation to heterosis in maize as revealed by SSS-based
Markers. S. Mladenović Drinic, S. Trifunović,G. Drinić, K. Konstantinov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Genetic analysis in recombinant inbred lines of early dent forage maize. II. QTL mapping
for cell wall constituents and cell wall digestibility from per se value and top cross
experiments. V. Roussel, C. Gibelin, A.S. Fontaine, Y. Barričre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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Responses and allelic frequency changes associated with recurrent selection for plant
regeneration from callus cultures in maize.
P. Landi, L. Chiappetta, S. Salvi, E. Frascaroli,
C. Lucchese, R. Tuberosa
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Introgression of chromosome knobs from Zea diploperennis into maize. T.A. Kato Y., J.J.
Sánchez G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Suppressor of pericarp pigmentation 1 (spp1), a novel gene involved in phlobaphene
accumulation in maize (Zea mays L.) pericarps. E.A. Lee, V. Harper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Effect of the opaque-2 gene on accumulation of protein fractions in maize endosperm.
J. Landry, S. Delhaye, C. Damerval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Responses of cytoplasmic male sterile lines to various restoring resources. H. Luo, H.
Huang, M. Long, W. Zhou, X. Liu, Y. Yang
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Expression of the glossy2 gene of maize during plant development. R. Velasco, C. Korfhage,
A. Salamini, E. Tacke, J. Schmitz, M. Motto, F. Salamini, H.-P. Döring
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Improving nitrogen – use efficiency in European Maize – comparison between line per se
and testcross performance under high and low soil nitrogen. T. Presterl, G. Seitz, W. Schmidt,
H.H. Geiger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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Genetic diversity and relationships among chinese maize inbred lines revealed by SSR
markers. Y. Li, J. Du, T. Wang, Y. Shi, Y. Song, J. Jia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Synthetic varieties or composite varieties? F. Márquez-Sánchez, J. Sahagún-Castellanos . . .

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A phenotypic diversity analysis of maize germplasm preserved in China. Y. Li, Y.S. Shi,
Y.S. Cao, T.Y. Wang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Multiple ear effects on yield of maize varieties under tropical wet and dry season conditions.
O. Brathwaite, R.A.I. Brathwaite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .


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Genetic progress for adaptative traits in sweet corn populations. E.T. Cardoso, M.J. Cruz de
Melo Sereno, J.F. Barbosa Neto
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The plus-hybrid system: a method to increase grain yield by combined cytoplasmic male
sterility and xenia. U. Weingartner, T.J. Prest. K-H. Camp, P. Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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The relationship between vertical root-pulling resistance and nitrogen uptake and utilization
in maize breeding lines. A.Y. Kamara, J.G. Kling, S.O. Ajala, A. Menkir. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Francesco Salamini: Pathways in plant genetics. An appreciation. A. Bianchi, M. Motto . . . .

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Early beginnings of mobile element studies: controlling elements vs gene inserts, pre-
molecular concepts. P.A.Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Identification and analysis of maize mutants defining six new genes affecting plant stature.
M. Galbiati, M. Landoni, G. Consonni, C. Gussago, R. Pilu, G. Gavazzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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The yellow stripe 3 mutant of maize is defective in phytosiderophore secretion.
S. Lanfranchi, B. Basso, C. Soave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Oropetium thomaeum: a resurrection grass with a diploid genome. D. Bartels, M.Z.M. Mattar

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The genetics of pollen development and function in cereals. M. Sari Gorla, S. Ferrario,
E. Gatti, A. Gallavotti, L. Mizzi, L. Gianfranceschi, M. Villa, M.E. Pč
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Maize in the genomics era. C. Varotto, D. Leister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The MYB transcription factor family: from maize to Arabidopsis. K. Petroni, C. Tonelli,
J. Paz-Ares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Detection of QTLs for vertical root pulling resistance in maize and overlap with QTLs for
root traits in hydroponics and for grain yield under different water regimes.
P. Landi, M.S.
Sanguineti, L.L. Darrah, M.M. Giuliani, S. Salvi, S. Conti, R. Tuberosa
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Maize and barley: model systems for studies on leaf development. C. Pozzi . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Gene products and structure analysis of wild-type and mutant alleles at the Opaque-2 locus
of Zea mays. B. Lazzari, C. Cosentino, A. Viotti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Molecular evolution of Opaque-2, a regulatory locus in the genus Zea. H. Hartings, R. Pirona,
N. Lazzaroni, M. Motto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .


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Fine mapping of the defective endosperm maize mutant rgf1 using different DNA pooling
strategies and three classes of molecular markers. Z.-Y. Zhang, F. Salamini, R. Thompson . . .


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Maize MADS-box genes galore. T. Münster, W. Deleu, L.U. Wingen, M. Ouzunova, J.
Cacharrón, W. Faigl, S. Werth, J.T.T. Kim, H. Saedler, G. Theißen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Biomass production and drought resistance at the seedling stage and in field conditions in
sorghum. E. Habyarimana, D. Laureti, N. Di Fonzo, C. Lorenzoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Identification of QTLs associated with sweet sorghum quality. A. Natoli, G. Gorni, F.
Chegdani, P. Ajmone Marsan, C. Colombi, C. Lorenzoni, A. Marocco
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