COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING MAIZE PLANTS WITH INCREASED EAR WEIGHT AND INCREASED YIELD

摘要

Compositions and methods useful in identifying and selecting maize plants with increased ear weight and yield are provided herein. The methods use molecular genetic markers (i.e.quantiative trait loci = QTL) on chromosome 2 to identify and/or select maize plants with increased ear weight and increased yield or to identify and counter-select maize plants with decreased ear weight and decreased yield.