Yield and stability in synthetic maize varieties for the humid tropic in Mexico

Abstract

Synthetic maize varieties present advantages in adaptability, they can be used for several planting seasons, without affecting the yield and is easier the seed production. Thus, with the main objective of knowing the yield and agronomic traits of synthetic maize varieties for the tropic, during 2013 to 2018 there was conducted an experiment in Cotaxtla and Carlos A. Carrillo in Veracruz and Huimanguillo in Tabasco state locations. The experiment was distributed in complete blocks at random design with 21 entries and three replications in plots of two rows 5m long and 62,500 pl ha-1. The agronomic traits were: Grain yield, days to tassel and silking, plant and ear aspect and sanity, lodging, bad husk cover and ear rot. From the combined analysis for yield, there was found high significant differences for Varieties (V), For environments (E), and for the interaction VxE, and a coefficient of variation of 16.20%. The Carlos A. Carrillo, Ver., location in 2016B, recorded the highest yield with 6.94 t ha-1. The best five synthetics at 0.05 of probability were: VS-536, Synthetic 2B, Synthetic 5B, Synthetic 2C and Synthetic 11C.