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Using carbon isotope discrimination to select maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines and hybrids for drought tolerance

In C3 plants, carbon isotope discrimination (?) shows large environmental and genetic variations and is linearly […]
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The Genetic Architecture of Disease Resistance in Maize: A Synthesis of Published Studies

Fifty publications on the mapping of maize disease resistance loci were synthesized. These papers reported the […]
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Selection Mapping of Loci for Quantitative Disease Resistance in a Diverse Maize Population

The selection response of a complex maize population improved primarily for quantitative disease resistance to northern […]
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Report on post harvest activities in Kiboga District. Department For International Development Maize Marketing in Kibiga and Nsambya sub-counties.
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Report on post harvest activities in Kiboga district (July – September 2003)
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Recurrent Selection Mapping in Two Maize Populations Suggests that Some Common Loci are Associated with Northern Leaf Blight Selection.
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Rapid rural appraisal of post-maturity issues in the Central Region of Malawi
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Participatory rural appraisal of Chemonde Village, Buhera District, 17-21 February 1997
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Multivariate analysis of maize disease resistances suggests a pleiotropic genetic basis and implicates a GST gene

Plants are attacked by pathogens representing diverse taxonomic groups, such that genes providing multiple disease resistance […]
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Multi-trait multi-environment QTL modelling for drought stress adaptation in maize

Water shortage is a major cause of yield loss in maize. Thus, breeding for adaptation to […]
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Marker-assisted selection to improve drought adaptation in maize: the backcross approach, perspectives, limitations, and alternatives

A number of different marker-assisted selection (MAS) approaches exist for the improvement of polygenic traits. Results […]
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Mapping and Genetic Dissection of Loci Conditioning Disease Resistance in Maize

The primary emphasis of this study is to identify and characterize QTLs for resistance to northern […]
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Inception Report R8274. June 2003.
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In the Eye of the Beholder: The Effect of Rater Variability and Different Rating Scales on QTL Mapping

The agronomic importance of developing durably resistant cultivars has led to substantial research in the field […]
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Identification and Analysis of Maize QTL for Southern Leaf Blight and Gray Leaf Spot resistance

Working with the foliar diseases Gray Leaf Spot (GLS) and Southern Leaf Blight (SLB), the author […]
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Household food security study: rapid rural appraisal of villages in three communal lands of Zimbabwe. Project A0441.
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Genome-wide nested association mapping of quantitative resistance to northern leaf blight in maize

Quantitative resistance to plant pathogens, controlled by multiple loci of small effect, is important for food […]
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Genetic association mapping identifies single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes that affect abscisic acid levels in maize floral tissues during drought

In maize, water stress at flowering causes loss of kernel set and productivity. While changes in […]
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Effects of organic and mineral fertilizer nitrogen on greenhouse gas emissions and plant-captured carbon under maize cropping in Zimbabwe

Optimizing a three-way pact comprising crop yields, fertility inputs and greenhouse gases may minimize the contribution […]
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Drought-induced changes in anthesis-silking interval are related to silk expansion: a spatio-temporal growth analysis in maize plants subjected to soil water deficit.

The growth and emergence of maize silks has a considerable importance in yield determination under drought […]
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By extensionists, for farmers. 16 factsheets, Uganda and Kenya. (Par les vulgarisateurs, pour les agriculteurs. 16 Fiches d`informations. Ouganda et Kenya.)

The fact sheets in this collection were written by extension workers, farmers and researchers who attended […]
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Are source and sink strengths genetically linked in maize plants subjected to water deficit? A QTL study of the responses of leaf growth and of Anthesis-Silking Interval to water deficit

Leaf growth and Anthesis-Silking Interval (ASI) are the main determinants of source and sink strengths of […]
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A-maize-ing partnerships

Maize is the most important food crop in Kenya, providing on average 44% of peoples’ calorie […]