Accelerating silage maize breeding: forage yield and nutritive quality of doubled haploid-derived hybrids.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maize (Zea mays L.) is a widely cultivated cereal crop for silage production due to its high biomass yield and nutritional value. Developing high-yielding and nutritionally superior hybrids is increasingly vital in the face of climate change and rising global forage demand. Doubled haploid (DH) technology accelerates hybrid development by enabling the rapid production of fully homozygous pure lines. This study aimed to evaluate silage maize hybrids derived from DH inbred lines for the effects of yield and nutritional quality.

Methods

Eight recently developed hybrids (derived from doubled haploid inbred lines: S1, S2, S6, S9, and S11; derived from conventional inbred lines: S7, S8, and S10) and four commercial silage checks (S3, S4, S5, and S12) were used in

SUBMITTER: Zere Taskın S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12536795 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature