North Carolina Design I (NCD I) progenies derived from Pool 16 DT, a white, dent, early maturing, drought-tolerant and streak resistant tropical maize (Zea mays L.) population, were evaluated in the 1995/96 and 1997/98 dry seasons, using two sites each season in Côte d'Ivoire. In all sites, the c...
Badu-Apraku, B.
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Fakorede, M.A.B.
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Menkir, A.
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Kamara, A.
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Adam, A.
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[Effects of droughtscreening methodology on genetic variances and covariances in Pool 16 DT maize population]
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Effects of droughtscreening methodology on genetic variances and covariances in Pool 16 DT maize population
The selection response of a complex maize population improved primarily for quantitative disease resistance to northern leaf blight (NLB) and secondarily for common rust resistance and agronomic phenotypes was investigated at the molecular genetic level. A tiered marker analysis with 151 simple s...
Wisser, RJ
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Murray, SC
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Kolkman, Judith M.
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Ceballos, H.
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Nelson, R.J.
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[Selection mapping of loci for quantitative disease resistance in a diverse maize population]
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Selection mapping of loci for quantitative disease resistance in a diverse maize population
The incorporation of livestock into alley farming systems, in which food or forage crops are grown between hedges of multipurpose trees that are regularly pruned for mulch and/or forage, has been studied for over 10 years in Africa. Prunings from leguminous trees such as Leucaena and gliricidia c...
Adeoye, K.B.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Comparison of effects of some tillage methods on soil physical properties and yield of maize and stylo in a degraded ferruginous tropical soil]
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Comparison of effects of some tillage methods on soil physical properties and yield of maize and stylo in a degraded ferruginous tropical soil
The paper evaluates the effects of forage type and level of concentrate supplementation on forage intake, diet apparent digestibility, purine excretion and milk production. Twelve crossbred cows (Bos taurus X Bos indicus), in early lactation were allocated to the following six dietary treatments:...
Khalili, H.
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Osuji, P.O.
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Umunna, N.N.
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Crosse, S.
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[The effects of forage type (maize-lablab or oat-vetch) and level of supplementation (wheat-middlings) on food intake, diet apparent digestibility, purine excretion and milk production of crossbred (Bos taurus X Bos indicus) cows]
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The effects of forage type (maize-lablab or oat-vetch) and level of supplementation (wheat-middlings) on food intake, diet apparent digestibility, purine excretion and milk production of crossbred (Bos taurus X Bos indicus) cows
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
Emergence of several seed companies in the West Africa sub-region during the last decade has necessitated intensified efforts towards hybrid development and extensive testing. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate selected Striga-resistant maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids for grain yiel...
Akinwale, R.
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Badu-Apraku, B.
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Fakorede, M.A.B.
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[Evaluation of strigaresistant early maize hybrids and test locations under strigainfested and strigafree environments]
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Evaluation of strigaresistant early maize hybrids and test locations under strigainfested and strigafree environments
Breeding programs for acid-soil tolerance are desirable as a relatively inexpensive and permanent way for increasing maize (Zea mays L.) yield on these soils. Our objective was to compare the genetic effects controlling the expression of maize traits in acid and non-acid soils. Seven related and ...
Pérez Velásquez, Juan Carlos
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Souza Junior, C.L. de
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Narro Leon, LA
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Pandey, S.
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León, C. de
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[Genetics effects for maize traits in acid and non-acid soils]
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Genetics effects for maize traits in acid and non-acid soils
Researchers worked with farmers in eastern Uganda to develop alternatives for soil management using crotalaria (Crotalaria ochroleuca), mucuna (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis), lablab (Dolichos lablab), and canavalia (Canavalia ensiformis) as green manures in short-term fallows. The participatory re...
Fischler, MA
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Wortmann, Charles S.
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[Green manures for maize-bean systems in eastern Uganda: Agronomic performance and farmers' perceptions]
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Green manures for maize-bean systems in eastern Uganda: Agronomic performance and farmers' perceptions
The potential of Crotalaria ochroleuca check for this species in other resources as a green manure crop was evaluated in a series of on-station and on-farm trials on reddish kaolinitic loam and sandy clay loam soils in Uganda. Production of the green manure by intercropping Crotalaria with eithe...
Wortmann, Charles S.
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Isabirye, M.
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Musa, S
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[Crotalaria ochroleuca as a green manure crop in Uganda]
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Crotalaria ochroleuca as a green manure crop in Uganda