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Stability in performance of quality protein maize under abiotic stress
(Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Unità di Ricerca per la Maiscoltura, 2008)
Quality protein maize (QPM) has emerged an affordable and viable option to alleviate protein malnutrition and reduce animal feed costs, given that its grain protein contains more than double the lysine and tryptophan ...
Serial Publication
Impulso a la protección de maíz en el Estado de México
(CIMMYT, 2008)
El Estado de México colinda con la Ciudad de México, la capital del país, un mercado potencial de casi 20 millones de habitantes; sin embargo, los agricultores han luchado por lograr que su cultivo de maíz sea rentable. ...
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The maize seed system in Ethiopia: challenges and opportunities in drought prone areas
(Academic Journals, 2008)
This study examines how the performance of the maize seed system in Ethiopia affects small-scale farmers’ access to and use of improved maize varieties. Particular emphasis is given to the drought-prone agro-ecologies ...
Brochure
Drought-tolerant maize for Africa: better food security and livelihoods - Highlights of 2008
(ITTA; CIMMYT, 2008)
These are the dreams that a broad alliance involving CIMMYT and IITA, national research and extension programs, local seed companies, and non-governmental organizations – more than 50 partners in 20 nations of sub-Saharan ...
Serial Publication
Maíz para los agricultores de las zonas marginales
(2008)
Al igual que el 90% de los agricultores en esta región del Perú -zonas de tierras bajas al este de los Andes conocidas como la "selva"-, y muchos otros en las llanuras costeras o valles interandinos, Medina siembra Marginal ...
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Relative importance of general combining ability and specific combining ability among tropical maize (Zea mays L.) inbreds under contrasting nitrogen environments
(Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Unità di Ricerca per la Maiscoltura, 2008)
Low-N stress is among the major abiotic stresses causing yield reductions in maize grown in the mid-altitude tropical environments of Africa. This study estimates the relative importance of general combining ability (GCA) ...