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Parametric analysis of yield stability and agronomic performance of exotic QPM hybrids in Pakistan
(CIMMYT, 2018)
South Asia is one of the regions in Asia where chronic malnutrition affects nearly half of the pre-school children. In Pakistan almost 45% of children (<5 years) are reported to be stunted. To alleviate the problem of ...
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Maize-Seed-Area Mobile agronomic advice for smallholder maize farmers
(CIMMYT, 2018)
Smallholder farmers often do not know accurately the area of the field they want to plant and, consequently, they don’t know how much seed to purchase. Most seed packets do not provide information on the numberof seeds in ...
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Genetics of leaf rust and stripe rust resistance in spring wheat cultivar ‘Kijil’
(CIMMYT; INIFAP; COLPOS, 2018)
Leaf rust and stripe rust caused by the fungi Puccinia triticina and P. striiformis f. sp. tritici, respectively, are important diseases of wheat and represent a significant threat in most wheat producing regions worldwide. ...
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Global stem rust phenotyping network for wheat improvement
(CIMMYT, 2018)
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Performance of elite drought tolerant maize varieties tested on farm in eastern and southern Africa
(CIMMYT, 2018)
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major food crop in sub-Saharan Africa (FAO, 2011a) and is currently grown in nearly 100 million hectares across 125 developing countries. Maize varieties with increased drought tolerance to abiotic ...
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Learning how to rescue a landrace: a study of the giant maize, Jala, and the community who grows it
(CIMMYT, 2018)
Germplasm banks, such as CIMMYT’s, have been the ex situ sources of crop genetic diversity for plant breeders and researchers for decades. Increasingly, these institutions are providing seed from ex situ collections and ...