Characterization and participatory evaluation of maize collected in Catalina de Güines, Havana
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Abstract
maize cobs were collected to carry out a characterization, by
means of which 15 characters were quantitatively and
qualitatively evaluated. A high genetic variability was recorded
at the maize-growing area, a very important element for plant
breeding; this variability was found within each farmers�??
accession as well as among all farmers�?? ones. Afterwords, the
collected maize grains were seeded in La Palma, Pinar del Río,
under low input conditions. Every farmer�??s accession was
considered a line, together with the commercial lines and other
collected accessions. A biodiversity fair was developed with
farmers, who had the possibility of selecting the five best lines
according to their criteria. The farmers�?? accessions were mostly
selected whereas the commercial lines were rarely selected.
Each collected material was evaluated by taking into account
three characters: plant height, stalk color and cob number/
plant, the farmers�??accesions being the highest-yielding ones.
A survey was applied to those maize growers, in order to know
their technology, which proved that a minimum input
technology predominates with little use of environmentally
harmful chemicals.
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