Breeding Research of New Summer Maize Variety Sukeyu 218 in Jiangsu Province
Sukeyu 218 is a new maize variety bred by Grain Research Institute of Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences with self-breeding line JS151040 as female parent and self-breeding line JS161133 as male parent.The variety has good high and stable yield,strong stress resistance and good grain quality.The average yield of which in the summer sowing re-gional trial in Jiangsu Province in 2020 and 2021 was 7 849.7 kg/hm2,which was 12.3%higher than that of the control Zhengdan 958.The average yield of which in the summer sowing production experiment in Jiangsu Province in 2022 was 7 714.4 kg/hm2 and was 3.8%higher than that of Zhengdan 958,which was examined and approved by the Crop Variety Approval Committee of Jiangsu Province in 2023.It is suitable for planting and popularizing summer corn in the northern part of Jiangsu Province.