Participatory varietal selection is premised on the basis that only a small percentage of varieties developed by breeders are eventually utilizedbecause farmers are left out of the selection process. Consequently a total of 275 farmers were engaged in the promotion of stem borer resistantmaize va...
Olaoye , G.
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Ajala, S.O.
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Adedeji, S.A.
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[Participatory selection of a maize (Zea mays L.) variety for the control of stem borers in a southeastern Nigeria location]
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Participatory selection of a maize (Zea mays L.) variety for the control of stem borers in a southeastern Nigeria location
Stem borers are one of the major constraints limiting maize productivity in Africa. The most important species reducing maize yield in West and Central Africa are Sesamia calamistis, Eldana saccharina and Busseola fusca. Both the pink stem borer (Sesamia calamistis Walker (Pyralidae) and the sug...
Ajala, S.
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Aroga, R.
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Odiyi, A.
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Olaoye , G.
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[Screening and breeding for resistance to maize stem borers and Eldana in West and Central Africa]
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Screening and breeding for resistance to maize stem borers and Eldana in West and Central Africa
A maize population was subjected to three different selection procedures to determine the best methodfor its improvement in a study conducted at Ibadan, Nigeria. Considerable genetic variability existedwithin the population for effective selection for each of the traits considered, using any of t...
Ajala, S.O.
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Ago, C.E.
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Olaoye , G.
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[Comparison of predicted responses to three types of recurrent selection procedures for the improvement of a maize (Zea mays L.) population]
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Comparison of predicted responses to three types of recurrent selection procedures for the improvement of a maize (Zea mays L.) population