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Evaluation of grain yield and related agronomic traits of quality protein maize hybrids in Southern Africa

2017-12-01

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Maize is the major staple food in southern Africa with human consumption averaging 91 kg capita⁻¹ year⁻¹, and normal maize is nutritionally deficient in two essential amino acids: tryptophan and lysine. Despite the development of quality protein maize (QPM) with high tryptophan and lysine, stunting and kwashiorkor remain high in sub-Saharan Africa due to lack of high yielding and adapted QPM varieties. This study...

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Literature Corpus work: 75a070bc-ee0a-5f66-873d-9a6b75beb378
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-017-2082-2

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