Chloroplast complementation and its possibilities for prediction of heterosis in maize

Abstract

The existence of complementation effect in the mixtures of parental chloroplasts of maize was demonstrated and its possibility for in vitro prediction of heterosis in F1 generation of hybrids was tested.

Keywords

• CST//photosynthesis
• chloroplast
• complementation
• heterosis
• maize
• Zea mays L.
• genotypes
• genetic analysis
• Photosystem 1
• Photosystem 2
• Hill reaction activity
• prediction of heterosis