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 ...

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) ...

Elite germplasm and adequate genetic variation are essential in successful plant breeding programs.Maize (Zea mays L.) breeding programs in the U.S. Corn Belt have realized significant genetic advance with a limited sample ...

The commonly accepted scenario for the spread of maize into Europe is a single introduction followed by a slow adaptation to temperate climates. With the purpose of clarifying the origins and modalities of maize introduction ...

El Estado de Mexico es uno de los productores mas importantes de maiz en Mexico pero no cubre el total de la demanda local; por lo que se realizo un analisis cuantitativo de su productividad, por lo cual se diseño y calibro ...

The utilization of site regression models (SREG) on multilocation testing allow the detection of significant differences in the genotype x environment interaction, even though these may not be detected by the analysis of ...

Los cruzamientos dialelos de 12 padres contrastantes en la toma y uso de fosforo se evaluaron en dos niveles de fosforo (4 y 15 ppm) usando un diseno experimental de alpha lattice con tres repeticiones. Se uso el diseno ...