Combinatorial insect attacks on maize leaves, stems, and kernels cause significant yield
losses and mycotoxin contaminations. Several small effect quantitative trait loci (QTL) control …

Several species of herbivores feed on maize in field and storage setups, making the
development of multiple insect resistance a critical breeding target. In this study, an …

Genomic selection (GS) can accelerate variety improvement when training set (TS) size and
its relationship with the breeding set (BS) are optimized for prediction accuracies (PAs) of …

Twenty one maize varieties that were collected from Bako Agricultural Research Center,
Western Ethiopia were screened for resistance against maize weevils in insect science …

This volume looks at ways of improving maize cultivation as well as the management of
pests and diseases. It is divided into two parts. Part 1 deals with maize cultivation …

Genomic selection (GS) can accelerate variety improvement when training set (TS) size and
its relationship with the breeding set (BS) are optimized for prediction accuracies (PAs) of …

Abstract Status, Species Composition and Management of Stored Maize Grain Insect Pests
in Southern Ethiopia Berhanu Hiruy, Addis Ababa University, 2018 Maize (Zea mays L.) is a …

The production and storage of maize are threatened by a wide range of post-harvest insect
pests like Sitophilus zeamais and Angoumois grain moth. This study was conducted with the …

Post-harvest and marketing systems are a chain of interconnected activities from the time of
harvest to the delivery of food to the consumers (Abass et al., 2014). Agricultural …