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Beat the stress: breeding for climate resilience in maize for the tropical rainfed environments.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Jun 2021
Prasanna Boddupalli M, Cairns Jill E, Zaidi P H, Beyene Yoseph, Makumbi Dan, Gowda Manje, Magorokosho Cosmos, Zaman-Allah Mainassara, Olsen Mike, Das Aparna, Worku Mosisa, Gethi James, Vivek B S, Nair Sudha K, Rashid Zerka, Vinayan M T, Issa AbduRahman Beshir, San Vicente Felix, Dhliwayo Thanda, Zhang Xuecai
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KEY MESSAGE: Intensive public sector breeding efforts and public-private partnerships have led to the increase in genetic gains, and deployment of elite climate-resilient maize cultivars for the stress-prone environments in the tropics. Maize (Zea mays L.) plays a critical role in ensuring food and nutritional security, and livelihoods of millions of resource-constrained smallholders. However, maize yields in the...
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