same experiment g35 is an inbred currently used in commercial production and is a pioneer proprietary inbred the results show that phv78 has 9 yield advantage over g35 for the given testers and is 3 wetter for harvest moisture of the grain phv78 is equivalent for stalk lodging resistance but was 5 poorer for root lodging resistance it has lower test weight in hybrid combination and its hybrids tend to be taller and higher earred than g35 phv78 can be utilized in producing hybrids from approximately 117 to 130 relative maturity on the minnesota relative maturity rating system based on harvest moisture of the grain table 1__________________________________________________________________________comparison of phv78 and g35 crossed to the same tester lines and thehybrids evaluated in the same experiments all values are expressed aspercent of the experiment mean except predicted rm selection index andyield bu ac __________________________________________________________________________ predicted selection yield percent gdu stalk roothybrid rm index bu ac yield moisture shed lodging lodging__________________________________________________________________________ no reps 98 98 98 98 20 82 66phv78 crosses 124 104 158 107 102 101 98 95g35 crosses 122 97 145 98 99 100 98 100difference 2 7 13 9 3 1 0 5__________________________________________________________________________ early barren stay test cob seedling stand plant ear droppedhybrid plants green weight score vigor count height height ears__________________________________________________________________________ no reps 38 80 96 2 56 62 72 72 42phv78 crosses 100 102 98 103 100 99 103 103 101g35 crosses 101 108 100 114 105 97 100 99 99difference 1 6 2 11 5 2 3 4 2__________________________________________________________________________ the data in table 2 gives the electrophoresis results for phv78 and its parents g42 and 595 these results are based on 10.