Assessment of the stability of micronutrients is important in breeding for the enhanced nutritional quality of staple food crops as a means to alleviate malnutrition. Twenty early-maturing elite tropical maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes were evaluated over 2 years at three locations representing thr...
Oikeh, S.O.
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Menkir, A.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Welch, R.M.
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Glahn, Raymond P.
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Gauch, G.
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[Environmental stability of iron and zinc concentrations in grain of elite earlymaturing tropical maize genotypes grown under field conditions]
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Environmental stability of iron and zinc concentrations in grain of elite earlymaturing tropical maize genotypes grown under field conditions
Aflatoxin is a potent mycotoxin that can cause cancer and death and is associated with stunted growth. Prevalence of aflatoxin is widespread in Africa negatively impacting health and trade. Aflasafe is a biological control product that can be applied to maize or groundnut fields to reduce aflatox...
Investment in agricultural research and development is an important intervention for improving crop productivity and household welfare in most developing countries where agriculture is the main source of livelihoods. This paper uses nationally representative plot- and household-level data from th...
Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal
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Awotide, B.
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[Impacts of improved maize varieties in Nigeria: ex-post assessment of productivity and welfare outcomes]
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Impacts of improved maize varieties in Nigeria: ex-post assessment of productivity and welfare outcomes
Badu-Apraku, B.
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Gedil, M.
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Fakorede, M.A.B.
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Akinwale, R.
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Fasanmade, Y.
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Annor, B.
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Talabi, A.O.
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Oyekunle, M.
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Akaogu, I.C.
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Aderounmu, M.
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[Gene action and heterotic groups of early white quality protein maize inbreds under multiple stress environments]
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Gene action and heterotic groups of early white quality protein maize inbreds under multiple stress environments
Maize-meal porridge is commonly consumed meal for the adults as breakfast food and for the children as complementary food. Food-to-food fortification was employed in order to improve the protein content of maize-meal porridge using soy flour and local groundnut paste. The study was aimed at evalu...
The effect of different packages and storage conditions on the retention of pro-vitamin A carotenoids (pVAC) in ogi powder produced from yellow-seeded maize was investigated to study its storage stability on micronutrient retention. The ogi powder produced was packaged in a high-density polyethyl...
Awoyale, W.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Menkir, A.
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[Retention of Pro-vitamin A Carotenoids in Ogi Powder as Affected by Packaging Materials and Storage Conditions]
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Retention of Pro-vitamin A Carotenoids in Ogi Powder as Affected by Packaging Materials and Storage Conditions
In Nigeria, Aflasafe is a registered biological product for reducing aflatoxin infestation of crops from the field to storage, making the crops safer for consumption. The important questions are whether farmers will purchase and apply this product to reduce aflatoxin contamination of crops, and i...
Ayedun, B.
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Okpachu, G.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Atehnkeng, J.
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Akinola, Adebayo A.
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Abu, G.A.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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[An assessment of willingness to pay by maize and groundnut farmers for aflatoxin biocontrol product in northern Nigeria]
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An assessment of willingness to pay by maize and groundnut farmers for aflatoxin biocontrol product in northern Nigeria
Grain yield is a complex quantitative trait that depends on a number of other traits for selection. This study was carried out to reveal the pattern of association with and contribution of traits to grain yield in two maize populations evaluated in three agro-ecological zones of South-Western Ni...
Molecular-based characterization of open-pollinated varieties (OPVs) in maize is useful to define their unique profiles. A total of 58 SSR markers selected from a panel of 70 were used for genotyping three samples of 30, 50 and 100 plant bulks for each of 32 OPVs. The SSR markers detected a total...
Arafayne, G.
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Menkir, A.
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Adetimirin, V.O.
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Gedil, M.
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[Optimizing sample size for molecular characterization of open-pollinated maize (Zea mays L.) varieties using simple sequence repeat markers]
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Optimizing sample size for molecular characterization of open-pollinated maize (Zea mays L.) varieties using simple sequence repeat markers
This study investigates the impact of improved maize varieties on household food security in eastern Zambia using household survey data from a sample of over 800 rural households. Since treatment effect estimates are often prone to misspecification in either the treatment or outcome equation, we ...
Manda, J.
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Gardebroek, C.
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Kuntashula, E.
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Alene, A.
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[Impact of improved maize varieties on food security in eastern Zambia: a doubly robust analysis]
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Impact of improved maize varieties on food security in eastern Zambia: a doubly robust analysis