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Alternative Recurrent Selection Strategies Using Doubled Haploid Lines in Hybrid Maize Breeding

Univ. of Hohenheim, Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science, and Population Genetics, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany

View larger version (21K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Flow chart of the optimized recurrent selection scheme based on doubled haploid lines.

View larger version (13K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2. Interlinking Strategy 1 using superior lines from the subpopulation started 1 yr before the subpopulation under consideration, exemplified for two-stage testcross selection. RE, recombination; TC1 and TC2, first and second testcross evaluation, respectively.

View larger version (13K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3. Interlinking Strategy 2 using superior lines from the subpopulation started 1 yr after the subpopulation under consideration, exemplified for two-stage testcross selection. RE, recombination; TC1 and TC2, first and second testcross evaluation, respectively.

View larger version (26K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 4. Annual genetic gain with interlinking Strategies 1 and 2 under the standard ratio of variance components (Scenario II) as a function of the proportion of lines selected from staggered Subpopulation j (PJ). An arrow () identifies the maximum for each recurrent selection procedure.