TY - PRO AU - Moreira,P.M. AU - Pego,S. ED - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico DF (Mexico) ED - Arnel R. Hallauer International Symposium on Plant Breeding TI - Pre-breeding evaluation of maize germplasm: Teh case of a portuguese open-pollinated variety U1 - 631.53 PY - 2003/// CY - Mexico, DF (Mexico) PB - CIMMYT KW - Germplasm KW - AGROVOC KW - Maize KW - Methods KW - Pollination KW - Varieties KW - Yield factors KW - Genetics KW - Hybrids KW - Plant breeding N2 - Genebank catalogues have a huge amount of data, but the most important parameters relating to yield, inbreeding depression and combining ability are missing. New methodologies of practical characterization/ evaluation are needed to fit this "pre-breeWng gap". This paper intends to be one of the first attempts at achieving this goal ER -