Drought, corn earworm, and mycotoxins (aflatoxin and fumonisins) cause significant yield reduction and economic loss to corn producers. The corn-breeding program at the TAES-Lubbock Center has been developing drought tolerant and corn earworm (CEW)-resistant germplasm (lines and hybrids) by introgressing tropical germplasm. Our non-transgenic experimental hybrids had significantly lower CEW damage under heavy natural infestation, lower aflatoxin and similar yield when compared to commercial hybrids. These multiple-stress tolerant hybrids are non-transgenic, have yellow or white kernels. They have a great potential for organic corn production.
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