Drought is an important climatic phenomenon which, after soil infertility, ranks as the second
most severe limitation to maize production in developing countries. When drought stress …

In most maize-growing areas yield reductions due to drought have been observed. Drought
at flowering time is, in some cases, the most damaging. In the experiment reported here …

Drought is a serious agronomic problem, and one of the most important factors contributing
to crop yield loss. In maize grown in temperate areas, drought stress occurs just before and …

Selection for improved performance under drought based on grain yield alone has often
been considered inefficient, but the use of secondary traits of adaptive value whose genetic …

The usual method to locate and compare loci regulating quantitative traits (QTLs) requires a
segregating population of plants with each one genotyped with molecular markers …

Grain yield in the maize (Zea mays L) plant is sensitive to drought in the period three weeks
either side of flowering. Maize is well-adapted to the use of restriction fragment length …

Drought is an important cause of instability of national maize grain yields and of the food
supply and economy of small-scale maize-based farming systems in the tropics. Water …

Drought is a major factor limiting maize (Zea mays L.) yield in much of the world. The need to
breed maize cultivars with improved drought tolerance is apparent. This study compared two …

Grain yield is a complex trait, strongly influenced by the environment: severe losses can be
caused by drought, a stress common in most maize-growing areas, including temperate …

This chapter presents some theoretical and practical guidelines for identifying the most
appropriate BC-MAS strategy based on the objectives of different types of applied breeding …