N. Petrovska*, V. Valkova Maize Research Institute, 5835 Knezha, Bulgaria (Manuscript received 10 June 2016; accepted for publication 28 September 2016) Abstract. During the period 2012 – 2014, a second cycle of recurrent selection of early flowering in a synthetic maize population “E

I. Results of the first cycle in synthetic “1/2005” N. Petrovska, V. Valkova Abstract. The present study shows the results of a completed first cycle of recurrent selection in a middle late synthetic population “1/2005” and the inbred line PAU 1617 is used as a recurrent parent. The a