PARTICIPATORY PLANT BREEDING IN MAIZE (Zea mays L.). AN EXPERIENCE IN HAVANA
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agronomic points of view. The research was carried out at �??Gilberto León�?�Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Cooperative, located in San Antonio de los Baños, Havana. 97 maize accessions were sown, 40 coming from the INIFAT�??s germplasm collection, 56 from the National Institute of
Agricultural Sciences (INCA) and one genotype selected by a farmer from the cooperative. 100 days after sowing, a fair was celebrated with farmers from two localities: San Antonio de los Baños and Batabanó, with both, men and women. A field survey was performed during the fair to the farmers, in order to register their criteria for selecting those materials. With the data obtained a frequency study was carried out, in order to group
the information and also for evaluating some characteristics related to yield. Results revealed the farmers�?? knowledge and experience about maize, considering locality and gender. The characters used were adequate for characterizing and describing the materials. The principal component analysis permitted an adequate characterization of the materials in four
groups, according to components 1 and 2, with a contribution of 67.39 % of the total variation at the first three components.
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