Maize yield improvement has been strongly linked to improvements in stress tolerance,
particularly to increased interplant competition. As a result, modern hybrids are able to …

Maize yield per unit area has dramatically increased over time as have plant population
densities, but the genetic basis for plant response to density is unknown as is its stability …

Plant population density represents the agronomic management factor in maize (Zea mays
L.) that has changed considerably during the past six decades. The objective of this paper is …

Genetic yield improvement in maize (Zea mays L.) has been associated with heterosis and
increased tolerance to high plant densities, but the physiological processes underlying …

Maize (Zea mays L.) stand density selection is an important management practice because
yield is maximized at a particular optimum value. Optimum stand density (OSD) varies …

Maize (Zea mays L.) yield potential has not undergone genetic improvement during the
hybrid era, yet substantial genetic improvement has occurred for tolerance to high plant …

Increased adaptation to high plant density has been an important factor in improvements in
grain yield in maize (Zea mays L.). Despite extensive public literature on variation and …

For crop production it is desirable for the mapping between genotype and phenotype to be
consistent, such that an optimized genotype produces uniform sets of individual plants …

The environment can influence heterosis, the phenomena in which the offspring of two
inbred parents exhibits phenotypic performance beyond the inbred parents for specific traits …

High-density genotyping is extensively exploited in genome-wide association mapping
studies and genomic selection in maize. By contrast, linkage mapping studies were until …