Description:
Inbred parents: CML223, CML295, FW1, FW6, Hi26, Hi28, Hi34, Hi41, Hi42, Hi43, Hi44, Hi45, Hi46, Hi47, Hi49, Hi50, Hi51, Hi52, Hi53, Hi54, Hi56, Hi57, Hi58, Hi59, Hi60, Hi61, Hi62, Hi63, Hi64, Hi65, Hi66, Hi67, Hi68, KS23 (3 sublines), MF6 ad ZH1 (10 temperate, 28 tropical). Parentage included 10 temperate and 28 tropical inbreds. All were resistant to Maize Mosaic Virus and to other diseases common in our breeding nurseries. The intercrossed population has been advanced by recurrent mass selection for 4 cycles in Hawaii, in which two involved stratified sampling for ear weights.