Table 2.

Details of source populations of 439 early and extra-early maturing maize inbred lines used in the present study

SN	Source population	Number of inbreds	Grain colour	Origin
1	[M37W/ZM607#bF37sr-2-3 sr-6-2-X]-8–2-X-1-BB-B-xP84c1 F27–4–3-3-B-1-B] F29–1–2-2 x [KILIMA ST94A]-30/MSV-03–101-08-B-B-1xP84c1 F27–4–1-4-B-3-B] F2–1–2-1-1-1-B x CML486]-1–1	1	yellow	CIMMYT
2	[(87,036/87923)-X-800-3-1-X-1-B-B-1-1-1-B-B-xP84c1 F26–2–2-4-B-2-B] F47–3–1-1-3 x M37W/ZM607#bF37sr-2-3 sr-6-2-X]-8–2-X-1-BB-B-xP84c1 F27–4–3-3-B-1-B]-3–2-B x P33c3 F64–1–1-4-BB]-1–1	1	yellow	CIMMYT
3	[M37W/ZM607#bF37sr-2-3 sr-6-2-X]-8–2-X-1-BB-B-xP84c1 F27–4–3-3-B-1-B] F29–1–2-1-4 x (87,036/87923)-X-800-3-1-X-1-B-B-1-1-1-B-B-xP84c1 F26–2–2-4-B-2-B]-1–1-B x CML486]-1–1	1	yellow	CIMMYT
4	TZEE-Y Pop STR 106	16	yellow	IITA
5	TZE-Y Pop STR 106	8	yellow	IITA
6	TZE-W Pop STR 104	15	white	IITA
7	TZEE-W Pop STR 104	6	white	IITA
8	TZE-W Pop STR 105	3	white	IITA
9	TZEE-W Pop STR 105	5	white	IITA
10	TZE-W Pop STR 107	11	white	IITA
11	TZEE-W Pop STR 107	2	white	IITA
12	TZE-W Pop STR 108	24	white	IITA
13	TZEE-W Pop STR 108	8	white	IITA
14	2009 TZE OR1 DT STR	111	orange	IITA
15	TZE Comp5-Y C6	6	yellow	IITA
16	TZE-W Pop × 1368 STR	4	white	IITA
17	TZE-W Pop x LD	1	white	IITA
18	WEC STR	2	White	IITA
19	TZE-Y Pop STR Co	16	yellow	IITA
20	TZE-W Pop STR Co	6	white	IITA
21	(TZEI 1 x TZEI 2)	66	white	IITA
22	(TZEI 11 x TZEI 8)	49	yellow	IITA
23	(TZEI 17 X TZEI 11)	20	yellow	IITA
24	TZEE-W Pop x LD	8	white	IITA
25	TZEE-W SR BC5 × 1368 STR	3	white	IITA
26	TZEE-Y SR BC1 ×  9450 STR	5	yellow	IITA
27	TZEE-Y Pop Co	1	yellow	IITA
28	TZEE-W Pop Co	1	white	IITA
29	2009 TZEE-ORI STR	37	orange	IITA
30	TZEE-W Pop × 1368 STR S7 Inb 40 x Pool 15 SR QPM	2	white	IITA
Total		439