Maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays) was domesticated from one wild species ancestor, the Balsas teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) about 9000 years ago. Higher levels of gene diversity are found in teosinte taxa compared to maize, following domestication and selection bottlenecks. Diversity in maize ...
Warburton, M.L.
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Wilkes, G.
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Taba, S.
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Charcosset, A.
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Mir, C.
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Dumas, F.
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Madur, D.
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Dreisigacker, S.
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Bedoya, C.
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Prasanna, B.M.
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Xie, C.X.
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Hearne, S.
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Franco, J.
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[Gene flow among different teosinte taxa and into the domesticated maize gene pool]
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Gene flow among different teosinte taxa and into the domesticated maize gene pool
The quest for precise and rapid phenotyping of germplasm is increasing the interest of breeders and physiologists in the application of remote sensing techniques in maize breeding. Twenty-four drought-tolerant maize inbred lines were crossed using a modified North Carolina II mating scheme to gen...
Adebayo, M.A.
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Menkir, A.
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Hearne, S.
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Kolawole, A.O.
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[Gene action controlling normalized difference vegetation index in crosses of elite maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines]
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Gene action controlling normalized difference vegetation index in crosses of elite maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines
Southern corn leaf blight (SCLB), caused by the fungus Bipolaris maydis, is a disease that significantly affects maize productivity across the globe. A detached leaf assay (DLA) was developed to rapidly assess maize resistance to SCLB. Several experiments were conducted to: (i) identify a highly ...
Aregbesola, E.
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Ortega-Beltran, A.
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Falade, T.
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Jonathan, G.
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Hearne, S.
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Bandyopadhyay, R.
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[A detached leaf assay to rapidly screen for resistance of maize to Bipolaris maydis, the causal agent of southern corn leaf blight]
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A detached leaf assay to rapidly screen for resistance of maize to Bipolaris maydis, the causal agent of southern corn leaf blight
Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) is a non-destructive measure of green vegetation growth or above ground biomass of a crop. NDVI may also be used to evaluate traits such as early vigour and stay green which are important for adaptation to drought stress. In the present study, the rel...
Adebayo, M.A.
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Menkir, A.
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Hearne, S.
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[Relationships between normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and other traits of tropical testcross maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids under drought and wellwatered conditions]
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Relationships between normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and other traits of tropical testcross maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids under drought and wellwatered conditions
Abstract Introduced maize (Zea mays L.) germplasmcan serve as sources of favorable alleles toenhance performance in new maize varieties andhybrids under drought stress conditions. In the presentstudy, the combining abilities of 12 exotic maizeinbred lines from CIMMYT and 12 adapted maizeinbred li...
Adebayo, M.A.
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Menkir, A.
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Blay, E.
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Gracen, V.E.
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Danquah, E.Y.
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Hearne, S.
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[Genetic analysis of drought tolerance in adapted X exotic crosses of maize inbred lines under managed stress conditions]
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Genetic analysis of drought tolerance in adapted X exotic crosses of maize inbred lines under managed stress conditions
Marker-assisted recurrent selection (MARS) is a breeding method used to accumulate favorable alleles that for example confer tolerance to drought in inbred lines from several genomic regions within a single population. A bi-parental cross formed from two parents that combine resistance to Striga ...
Abdulmalik, R.O.
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Menkir, A.
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Meseka, S.K.
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Unachukwu, N.N.
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Ado, S.G.
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Olarewaju, J.D.
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Aba, D.A.
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Hearne, S.
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Crossa, J.
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Gedil, M.
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[Genetic gains in grain yield of a maize population improved through marker assisted recurrent selection under stress and non-stress conditions in west Africa]
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Genetic gains in grain yield of a maize population improved through marker assisted recurrent selection under stress and non-stress conditions in west Africa
The objective of marker assisted recurrent selection (MARS) is to increase the frequency of favorable marker alleles in a population before inbred line extraction. This approach was used to improve drought tolerance and grain yield (GY) in a biparental cross of two elite drought tolerant lines. T...
Bankole, F.
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Menkir, A.
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Olaoye, G.
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Crossa, J.
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Hearne, S.
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Unachukwu, N.N.
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Gedil, M.
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[Genetic gains in yield and yield related traits under drought stress and favorable environments in a maize population improved using marker assisted recurrent selection]
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Genetic gains in yield and yield related traits under drought stress and favorable environments in a maize population improved using marker assisted recurrent selection
Maize is the most important cereal food
crop is sub-Saharan Africa though yields are below
their potential. Among the factors which limit yield,
drought stress is one of the most pervasive. The ability
of a crop to produce grain under drought (water) stress
is governed by many factors including n...
Kagoda, F.
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Hearne, S.
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Adewuyi, O.
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Coyne, D.L.
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[Response of drought tolerant maize inbreds to water stress under nematode infested conditions]
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Response of drought tolerant maize inbreds to water stress under nematode infested conditions
High seed quality is a critical component for realising yield potential. For smallholder cowpea farmers in northern Nigeria the informal seed system is a major supplier of genetically high-quality seed, but the physiological quality of farmers’ produced seed remains unknown. The project “Promotin...
Biemond, P.C.
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Stomph, T.
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Kamara, A.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Hearne, S.
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Struik, Paul C.
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[Are investments in an informal seed system for cowpea a worthwhile endeavour?]
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Are investments in an informal seed system for cowpea a worthwhile endeavour?
Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] is a major tropical legume crop grown in warm to hot areas throughout the world and especially important to the people of sub-Saharan Africa where the crop was domesticated. To date, relatively little is understood about its domestication origins and patterns...
Huynh, B.
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Close, T.J.
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Roberts, P. A.
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Hu, Z.
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Wanamaker, S.
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Lucas, M. R.
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Chiulele, R.
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Cisse, N.
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David, A.
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Hearne, S.
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Fatokun, C.A.
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Diop, N.N.
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Ehlers, J.D.
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[Gene pools and the genetic architecture of domesticated cowpea]
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Gene pools and the genetic architecture of domesticated cowpea