Re: varietal improvement

FionaNyx@aol.com
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 23:35:25 EDT

In a message dated 98-06-25 11:20:15 EDT, WILSONDO@phibred.com writes:

<< I'll bet that modern corn hybrids will greatly outperform OP landrace corn
varieties even in primitive production systems, >>

Actually, I heard that modern hybrids did lousy in trials against the
landraces in Mexico. When the summer dry spell came, the local crops put out
ears & the "improved" varieties got stopped in their tracks. Local corn
produced a second crop & the hybrids never recovered from the midseason
drought, which is typical to the region.

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