Is the basal area of maize internodes involved in borer resistance?

BMC Plant Biology

Table 1 Base materials (inbred lines) for the synthetic varieties EPS20 and EPS21, and their pedigrees

Synthetic	Inbred line	Pedigree^a	Group of germplasm^b
EPS20	CM109	(V3 × B14) B14	Reid-B14
	CM139	(V3 ×B14) B14	Reid-B14
	CM151	(Mt42 × WF9) WF9	Reid-WF9
	A634	(Mt42 × B14) B14³	Reid-B14
	A639	A158 × B14	Reid-B14
	A652	A90 × WF9	Reid-WF9
	A664	(ND203 × A636) A636²	Reid-B14
	W64A	WF9 × C.I. 187-2	Reid-WF9
EPS21	EP17	A1267	Spanish flint
	EP43	Parderrubias^c	Spanish flint
	EP53	Laro^c	Spanish flint
	PB60	Nostrano dell'Isola^c	Italian flint
	PB130	Rojo Vinoso de Aragón^c	Spanish flint
	F473	Doré de Gomer^c	French flint
	CO125	Wisc. Exp. Single cross	Corn Belt (USA)
	A509	A78 × A109	Corn Belt (USA)

^a Pedigrees for the US inbreds are as reported by Gerdes et al. (1993).
^b B14 and WF9 are two inbred lines originating from the "Reid" population, and are origins of two groups of germplasms within the Reid materials.
^c Local European maize varieties.

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