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Use of Wild Progenitor Teosinte in Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays) Improvement: Present Status and Future Prospects

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Domestication followed by selective breeding made maize an amazing crop, however, it leads to the loss of many allelic forms of those traits which were subjected to intensive selection. Such allelic forms can be recapitulated by domesticating wild alleles to diversify the germplasm and enhance the potential of maize. Teosinte, the wild relative of maize, possesses diverse novel alleles for resistance to abiotic-biotic stresses, yield improvement as well as quality enhancement. Evaluation of teosinte derived maize lines exhibited significant diversification in several agronomical traits, ear and kernel traits, yield, and adaptation. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs)/genes, after several genetical investigations on different beneficial traits, have been mapped using different mapping populations. Gene complexes in teosinte can be a great scientific weapon for agronomical trait improvement as well as increasing the resiliency. Wild relatives being promising genetic resources have not been investigated and validated comprehensively and therefore remained underutilized. In the paper, we have discussed about wild relatives, their status of utilization and prospects in maize improvement.

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All India Coordinated Research Project on Maize, ICAR, New Delhi and Director Experiment Station, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar are dully acknowledged for the support to carry out experiment on Teosinte.

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    Smrutishree Sahoo, Sneha Adhikari, Anjali Joshi & Narendra Kumar Singh

  2. ICAR-IIWBR Regional Station , Shimla (HP), Flowerdale, India

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  3. Genetics and Tree Improvement Division , Arid Forest Research Institute , Jodhpur (Rajasthan), India

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Sahoo, S., Adhikari, S., Joshi, A. et al. Use of Wild Progenitor Teosinte in Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays) Improvement: Present Status and Future Prospects. Tropical Plant Biol. 14, 156–179 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12042-021-09288-1

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