According to the most recent IPCC report, changes in climates over the last 30 years have […]
Agriculture is the backbone of the Ugandan economy. Most of it is rain-fed and relies on […]
Mexico is the fifth largest maize producer and the area of origin and domestication of this […]
In C3 plants, carbon isotope discrimination (?) shows large environmental and genetic variations and is linearly […]
B73 is a historically important maize line with excellent yield potential but high susceptibility to the […]
Gray leaf spot [GLS, causal agent Cercospora zeae-maydis (Tehon and E. Y. Daniels)] is an important […]
The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used to determine the mating groups of several […]
A ten page review of ‘on-farm’ seed priming projects funded by DFID. The projects reviewed were […]
A sampling programme for incidence and phenology of H. armigera and its natural enemies was set […]
A strong surge in international food prices that began in the first quarter of 2008 affected […]
Fifty publications on the mapping of maize disease resistance loci were synthesized. These papers reported the […]
The project completed the validation of a system whereby farmers were provided with knowledge of how […]
Tethered flight studies, carried out in southern Uganda with the leafhoppers Cicadulina storeyi China and C. […]
An experiment was performed to investigate the spread of infection in maize streak virus epidemics. Four […]
The spread of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and populations of the whitefly vector (Bemisia tabaci) were […]
This is one of 280 summaries describing key outputs from the projects run by DFID’s 10-year […]
Physiological and genetic studies of leaf growth often focus on short-term responses, leaving a gap to […]
The selection response of a complex maize population improved primarily for quantitative disease resistance to northern […]
This chapter begins with a description of the environmental and agricultural conditions in Madhya Pradesh. The […]
The intermated B73 x Mo17 (IBM) population, an advanced intercross recombinant inbred line population derived from […]
Most farmers in sub-Saharan Africa plant their own or locally traded maize seed. So, both informal […]
Grey Leaf Spot (GLS) is a disease of maize caused primarily by the fungus, Cercospora zeae-maydis. […]
Plants are attacked by pathogens representing diverse taxonomic groups, such that genes providing multiple disease resistance […]
Water shortage is a major cause of yield loss in maize. Thus, breeding for adaptation to […]
A number of different marker-assisted selection (MAS) approaches exist for the improvement of polygenic traits. Results […]
Maize genotypes may adapt to dry environments by avoiding desiccation by means of a deeper root […]
The primary emphasis of this study is to identify and characterize QTLs for resistance to northern […]
The current project was developed in response to a call from DFID’s Crop Protection Programme in […]
The agronomic importance of developing durably resistant cultivars has led to substantial research in the field […]
The project aimed to identify institutional interventions that would improve market access for poor maize producers […]
This project addressed the improvement of maize quality and quantity in order to improve market access […]
The overall project purpose was to increase yields of small farmers through the development and implementation […]
Assessment on impact of climate change on major crops in ecologically sensitive areas, viz. the Western […]
The genetic architecture underlying resistance in maize to southern leaf blight (SLB) caused by Cochliobolus heterostrophus […]
A recombinant inbred line population derived from a cross between the maize lines NC300 (resistant) and […]
Working with the foliar diseases Gray Leaf Spot (GLS) and Southern Leaf Blight (SLB), the author […]
Quantitative resistance to plant pathogens, controlled by multiple loci of small effect, is important for food […]
In maize, water stress at flowering causes loss of kernel set and productivity. While changes in […]
The majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) depend on maize (Zea mays L.), which is […]
Sixty nine samples of maize were collected from pre-harvest standing crops and on-farm storage facilities from […]
Optimizing a three-way pact comprising crop yields, fertility inputs and greenhouse gases may minimize the contribution […]
The growth and emergence of maize silks has a considerable importance in yield determination under drought […]
Drought stresses arise when the combination of rainfall and soil water supply are insufficient to meet […]
The fact sheets in this collection were written by extension workers, farmers and researchers who attended […]
Leaf growth and Anthesis-Silking Interval (ASI) are the main determinants of source and sink strengths of […]
Maize is the most important food crop in Kenya, providing on average 44% of peoples’ calorie […]
Cob rots are a major cause of crop loss in areas such as western Kenya that […]
Malawi’s implementation of a large-scale agricultural input subsidy programme has attracted significant international interest. This paper […]
The difficulty of choosing appropriate selection environments has restricted breeding progress for drought tolerance in highly-variable […]
Current global climatic changes have resulted in frequent occurrences of droughts and floods, a scenario that […]
The article explores the possibility of insuring the price risks of wheat and maize imports of […]
Increased crop insurance subsidies have increased the demand for insurance at coverage levels higher than the […]
This paper analyzes the impacts of two alternative risk management proposals, the Farmers’ Risk Management Act […]