PRODUCTION OF MAIZE PLANT WITH INCREASED YIELD AND ADDITIONAL LEAVES ABOVE THE EAR ARCHTECTURE BY USING NON DOMINANT GENETIC FACTOR

摘要

The present invention discloses a maize plant exhibiting additional leaves above the ear (LAE) architecture, wherein the architecture is controlled by a genetic determinant which shows a non dominant inheritance. The present invention further discloses methods for producing the aforementioned maize plant.