Utilization ways of maize heterosis

The utilization ways of maize heterosis are as follows:

1. Increase the yield per plant: Hybrid corn can significantly increase the yield per plant, especially when crossing between different parents, which is very beneficial for farmers to increase grain production and income.

2. Strengthen the ability of disease and insect resistance: Hybrid corn can increase the ability of disease and insect resistance of plants, because different parents have different genes, and new gene combinations will appear after hybridization, making plants healthier and more resistant.

3. Improve eating and processing quality: Hybrid corn can improve its eating and processing quality, such as taste, color, gelatinization characteristics and starch quality, which is very beneficial to food processing industry and consumers.

4. Promote the development of seed industry: Hybrid corn can promote the development of seed industry, because it needs to cross with different parents and needs a lot of seed production and supply, which provides new opportunities for the development of seed industry. In a word, the advantages of hybrid corn lie in increasing yield, improving quality and enhancing resistance, which has brought positive effects to agricultural production and seed industry development.