Africa’s important food crop – maize, is under real threat because of maize lethal necrosis (MLN). The disease has adversely affected maize fields in Kenya and its neighbors (DR Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda ...

Guidelines for maize breeders on the steps in selecting, establishing and managing a low-nitrogen screening site. The guidelines will allow researchers to carefully manage stress levels and collect data in a standardized ...

This four-part series of training videos targets breeders, technicians and students in maize research. Proceeding step by step, they jointly cover how to best manage low-nitrogen trials for nitrogen-use-efficient (NUE) ...

This fourth and last part highlights the types of data that are routinely collected during optimal and low-nitrogen trials, and how and when to collect these data. Stages during which data should be collected are described, ...

Key factors to effectively manage these trials during pre-planting, planting, post-germination and harvesting. This will help maize researchers and technicians to attain better trial results to inform variety selection.