SNP-based assessment of genetic purity and diversity in maize hybrid breeding

Chimwemwe Josia; Kingstone Mashingaidze; Assefa B. Amelework; Aleck Kondwakwenda; Cousin Musvosvi; Julia Sibiya

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0249505

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SNP-based assessment of genetic purity and diversity in maize hybrid breeding

Chimwemwe Josia,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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Kingstone Mashingaidze,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Agricultural Research Council- Grain Crops Institute (ARC-GCI), Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Assefa B. Amelework,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Agricultural Research Council -Vegetable and Ornamental Plants (ARC-VOP), Roodeplaat, Pretoria, South Africa
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Aleck Kondwakwenda ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: alekondwa@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6786-3175

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Cousin Musvosvi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8483-0479

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Julia Sibiya

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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SNP-based assessment of genetic purity and diversity in maize hybrid breeding

Chimwemwe Josia,
Kingstone Mashingaidze,
Assefa B. Amelework,
Aleck Kondwakwenda,
Cousin Musvosvi,
Julia Sibiya

Published: August 3, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249505

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