Abstract:
The article presents the results of experimental approbation of key methodological principles of physiological and biochemical diagnostics of drought-resistant forms of maize. The first intermediate algorithm for diagnosing and selecting drought-resistant corn lines was created. 8 maize lines have been identified like drought-resistant forms (from 82 homozygous corn genotypes studied) which will be used as a component of the initial material for the experimental development of the 2nd intermediate algorithm for diagnosing and selecting hybrid combinations of self-pollinated maize lines with high potential of physiological resistance to drought.