Genotype× environment (GE) interaction effect is one of the major challenges in identifying
cultivars with stable performance across environments and years. Objective of the present …

Unpredictable weather vagaries in the Asian tropics often increase the risk of a series of
abiotic stresses in maize-growing areas, hindering the efforts to reach the projected …

Maize is consumed as a food and used as an industrial product in the form of starch,
pharmaceuticals, alcoholic beverages, oil, cosmetics, and textiles. In ancient times …

Drought and low soil fertility are major abiotic stresses limiting yield of maize (Zea mays L.)
in eastern and southern Africa. The present study was undertaken to determine genotype by …

Twenty one F1s produced from 7x7 diallel mating along with the 7 parents were evaluated to
notice the inheritance and combining ability of different traits to obtain high heterotic crosses …

Drought and heat stress have perceptibly become major maize (Zea mays L.) yield reducing
factors in Sub-Saharan Africa. As such, the objectives of this study were to:(i) determine the …

Traditional maize protein is nutritionally poor due to low levels of lysine (0.150–0.250%) and
tryptophan (0.030–0.040%). The recessive opaque2 (o2) gene that enhances lysine (0.300 …

Malnutrition, as a result of deficiency in essential nutrients in cereal food products and
consumption of a poorly balanced diet, is a major challenge facing millions of people in …

Limited commercial quality protein maize (QPM) varieties with low grain yield potential are
currently grown in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA). This study was conducted to (i) …

Recurrent drought and Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth parasitism constrains maize
production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Transfer of resistance genes from wild relatives can …