CULTIVAR RELEASE – BRS Cipotânea and BRS Diamantina: maize varieties

BRS Cipotânea and BRS Diamantina: maize varieties

Flavia França Teixeira, José Heitor de Vasconcellos, Ramiro Vilela de Andrade, Manoel Xavier dos Santos, Carlos Eduardo Prado Leite, Paulo Evaristo de Oliveira Guimarães, Sidney Netto Parentoni, Walter Fernandes Meirelles, Cleso Antonio Patto Pacheco and Gessi Ceccon

ABSTRACT – The maize cultivars BRS Cipotânea and BRS Diamantina were developed from accessions of the Maize Germplasm Bank of Embrapa Maize and Sorghum. The evaluation was participative, performed by scientists and end-users. The varieties were developed to provide farmers with maize varieties suitable for corn-husk crafts.

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