Maize breeding: How to provide further progress

Abstract

Maize is the first crop in the world concerning total production in tones per year. A big money and many scientific workers are working in the maize breeding. Millions of new hybrid combinations are tested every year in order to find the best of new hybrids. In spite off that currently hybrids has a pretty narrow genetic basis. The main goal in maize breeding is to create a new high yielding hybrid with good adaptability and yield stability. For that modern maize hybrid has to poses genes for tolerance against stress (drought and high temperatures), diseases and pest. Genetic variability in maize and conventional and modern technics of biotechnology will provide enough capability to ensure progress in maize breeding continually as until now. It means that we can expect even better maize hybrids in future. .

Unapređenje proizvodnje kukuruza je od izuzetne važnosti kako za obezbeđenje hranom ljudi i životinja, tako i za industriju. U svetlu globalnih klimatskih promena i pronalaženja obnovljivih izvora energije ovaj zadatak postaje sve važniji. Brojni naučnici raznih oblasti aktivno su uključeni u rešavanje ovako kompleksnog zadatka. Posebno su za ovo zainteresovane oplemenjivačke kuće koje imaju zadatak da stvore nove bolje hibride, koji će svojom genetikom moći uspešnije da se suprotstave sve većim izazovima. Tolerantnost prema stresu, a posebno prema suši i visokim temperaturama je i najveći izazov za oplemenjivače kukuruza širom planete. U radu se iznose dosadašnja saznanja koja proniciraju savremene metode i mogućnosti u cilju ostvarenja postavljenog cilja. .