… [14] used a nested association mapping (NAM) population in maize to … the leaf architecture,
resulting in 30 QTLs for the leaf angle, 36 QTLs for the leaf length, and 34 QTLs for the leaf …

… leaf collar to flagging point and the entire length of the leaf. In … , maize plants with a relatively
wide leaf angle and lower leaf … underlying leaf angle and leaf orientation value for maize …

… illustration depicting leaf angle phenotypes for three different leaves in … leaves from 20 maize
leaf angle studies. A representative maize plant is next to blue bars representing the leaves …

… leaf angle across 3 years in maize. The objectives were to (1) characterize the phenotypic
variation of leaf angle … lines of maize, it was found that the heritability of leaf angle was also …

… ) for further research, and the stable QTLs detected by the present study for leaf angle and
leaf space in maize could be used for molecular marker-assisted selection in maize breeding. …

… in leaf area than in grain yield (8). Combining ability estimates involving leaf angle of maize
… This study reports estimates of GCA and SCA effects on leaf angle, grain yield, LAI, ear size, …

… mapping population together with the four parental lines were evaluated for leaf angle in …
maps built in the population and quantitative trait loci (QTL) on leaf angle detected by inclusive …

… these traits, including leaf angle, leaf width, leaf length, and … inbred line population, IBM-94,
a maize population that other … for leaf angle = 26 ± 2.6, leaf width = 91.0 ± 2.95 mm, leaf …

… A principal objective of this research was to study the breeding behavior of leaf angle in
maize. The nature of the response to the selection scheme and its apparent stability characterize …

… leaf type hybrids but not that of the liguleless-2 hybrids. Based on results of this study, leaf
angle … Liguleless-I hybrids have almost a total vertical leaf orienI~ation and did not respond in …