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Two ears of the maize variety Toluca8786 on a black background, one yellow and one orange-red, with husks pulled back

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Farmers' favorite at the CIMMYT field day

Toluca8786 was the most popular maize accession chosen by farmers at the recent CIMMYT field day. It is an open-pollinated variety, still showing diversity in grain color.

Photo: Denise Costich, CIMMYT

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Past publications

  1. The genomic impacts of drift and selection for hybrid performance in maize.

    Gerke JP, Edwards JW, Guill KE, Ross-Ibarra J, McMullen MD

    Genetics 3:1201-1211.

  2. Recombination in diverse maize is stable, predictable, and associated with genetic load.

    Rodgers-Melnick E, Bradbury PJ, RJ Elshire, Glaubitz JC, Acharya CB, Mitchell SE, Li C, Li Y, Buckler ES

    PNAS 112: 3823-3828.

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