Effects of the coloring plants into the production and their components in maize population ESALQ VD2- SI82

Abstract

A study was carried out to obtain information on the possible selective advantage of the anthocyanin plant color for winter adaptation. During the winter season of 1983 and 1984 in Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil, 150 plants of maize (Zea mays L.) were recorded each year according their plant color (from green to purple) and evaluated for ear yield and other characters. The dilute purple plant color was found to be the most favorable color for winter adaptation, being the purple color plant less effective.