Table 1. Source populations of 94 maize inbred lines used in the present study.

S/N	Source population	Number of extracted inbred line	Grain colour
1	TZE-W Pop x 1368 STR	4	White
2	TZE-W Pop x LD	1	White
3	TZE-W Pop STR 108	10	White
4	TZE-W Pop STR Co	4	White
5	TZE-W POP STR 104	10	White
6	TZEE-W POP STR 104	4	White
7	TZEE-W POP STR 108	1	White
8	WEC STR	2	White
9	(TZEI 1 x TZEI 2)	10	White
10	TZE-Y Pop STR Co	12	Yellow
11	TZE-Y Pop STR 106	5	Yellow
12	TZEE-Y Pop STR 106	9	Yellow
13	TZE Comp5-Y C6	3	Yellow
14	(TZEI 11 x TZEI 8)	19	Yellow
	Total	94