Cereals and pulses are consumed as staple food in low income countries for fulfillment of
daily dietary requirements and as source of micronutrients. However they are failing to offer …

Climate change, particularly drought and heat stress, may slash agricultural productivity by
25.7% by 2080, with maize being the hardest hit. Therefore, unraveling the molecular nature …

Early-maturing provitamin A (PVA) quality protein maize (QPM) hybrids with combined
drought and low soil nitrogen (low-N) tolerance are needed to address malnutrition and food …

To establish effective breeding techniques for the creation of nutritionally enhanced maize
cultivars, reasonable information of the extent of genetic diversity, heritability, genetic …

Drought-tolerant maize hybrids are crucial to enhance productivity in West and Central
Africa. The objectives of this study were to (i) determine the combining abilities of tropical …

For an organized cross breeding program, information on heterotic grouping, perse
performance, and commercial heterosis of newly introduced maize lines is required …

In spite of the importance of quality protein maize to alleviate protein deficiency, almost all
maize varieties cultivated in Ethiopia are normal maize varieties, which are devoid of lysine …

In this review, potential status of the transgenic crops on the basis of previous authentic
studies were evaluated through review of literature at Transfermation Lab, Agricultural …

Heat waves become more serious with the warming climate, increasing the demand for
developing high temperature (HT) tolerant maize germplasm. Here we compared the …

In this paper, the significance of maize as a staple grain in Ethiopia is reviewed. Additionally,
it advances our understanding of the relationship between the nutritional composition of …