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| A New Sweet and Waxy Corn Variety—‘Gantiannuo No. 3’ |
| ZHANG Li-rong1，2，HUANG You-cheng1，2，HAO Kai1，2，ZHOU Ji-bing1，2，CHEN Xiao-jun1，2，
WU Guo-jing1，2，CHEN Jian-long1，2 |
（1Jinyuan Seed Ltd. Co. of Gansu Province， Zhangye 734012， Gansu， China； 2Zhangye Academy of Agricultural
Sciences， Zhangye 734000， Gansu， China） |
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Abstract ‘Gantiannuo No.3’ was a new colored waxy corn bred by crossing double heterozygote
（J38×J40）as female parent and sweet waxy inbred line‘Tiannuo 7’as male parent. J38 and J40 were
waxy corn with white seed coat and purple seed coat，respectively．The sweet waxy inbred line‘ Tiannuo
7’carries the homozyogous super sweet and waxy genes．‘Gantiannuo No.3’ is a new table corn．Its
plant height is 232 cm，with 105 cm ear height. It is resistant to lodging with good stay-green ability and
wide adaptation. Its edable quality is superior．The ear shape is mainly of cone type. The fresh ear can
yield about 16.5 t·hm-2．It takes about 106 days from planting to harvesting．‘Gantiannuo No.3’is
suitable to be planted at spring maize area in Northwest China.
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Received: 09 April 2013
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