The physical quality characteristics of test weight, 1000-kernel weight, percent floaters, Stenvert Hardness Index, kernel size (dimensions), water absorption index of grain and starch and chemical properties (protein, fat, ash, crude fiber, total sugars, starch, amylose, and amylopectin) were de...
Okoruwa, A.E.
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Kling, J.G.
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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[Physical, chemical and water absorption properties of improved, openpollinated maize cultivars]
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Physical, chemical and water absorption properties of improved, openpollinated maize cultivars
Mwongera, Caroline
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Mutua, John
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Koech, Nicholas
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Osiemo, Jamleck
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Kinyua, Ivy
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Nguru, Wilson
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[Climate risk assessment for selected value chain commodities in Rwanda]
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Climate risk assessment for selected value chain commodities in Rwanda
This chapter focuses on the impacts of climate change on intensive maize and wheat production systems. Some technologies to close the yield gap to achieve sustainable intensification are also discussed.
Stirling, Clare M.
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Hellin, J.
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Cairns, Jill E.
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Silverblatt-Buser E
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Tefera T
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Ngugi H
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Gbegbelegbe, Sika
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Tesfaye Fantaye, Kindie
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Chung, U.
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Sonder, Kai
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Cox, R.A.
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Verhulst, Nele
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Govaerts, Bram
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Alderman, Phillip D.
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Reynolds, Matthew P.
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[Shaping Sustainable Intensive Production Systems - Improved Crops and Cropping Systems in the Developing World]
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Shaping Sustainable Intensive Production Systems - Improved Crops and Cropping Systems in the Developing World
Weed abundance in cereal-based systems has increased in recent years across sub-Saharan Africa for smallholder farmers (cultivating less than two hectares). Smallholders can employ numerous practices to control weeds such as intercropping cereal crops with legumes. We conducted a review to identi...
Silberg, R.T.
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Chimonyo, V.G.P.
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Richardson, R.B.
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Snapp, Sieglinde S.
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Renner, K.
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[Legume diversification and weed management in African cereal-based systems]
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Legume diversification and weed management in African cereal-based systems
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 security problems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The current study's objectives were to (i) examine combining ability of se...
Obeng-Bio, E.
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Badu-Apraku, B.
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Ifie, B.E.
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Danquah, A.
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Blay, E.T.
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Annor, B.
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[Genetic analysis of grain yield and agronomic traits of early provitamin A quality protein maize inbred lines in contrasting environments]
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Genetic analysis of grain yield and agronomic traits of early provitamin A quality protein maize inbred lines in contrasting environments
The GGE biplot tool has potential for determining combining ability effects, identifying distinct heterotic groups and efficient testers in a line × tester study. However, its use for such analysis has not been adequately explored. The objectives of this study were to (i) assess combining ability...
Badu-Apraku, B.
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Akinwale, R.O.
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[Biplot analysis of line X tester data of maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines under stress and nonstress environments]
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Biplot analysis of line X tester data of maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines under stress and nonstress environments
Rodríguez Chalarca, Jairo
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Marín L, Diana Victoria
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Castillo, Diana Katherine
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Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto
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Perez, Cristo Rafael
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[MIP-O-52. Confirmación de biotipos de Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) en Colombia]
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MIP-O-52. Confirmación de biotipos de Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) en Colombia
Afternoon soil temperature of about 39°C observed at 5 cm depth under sole cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) early in the growing season was reduced by respectively 1.0, 1.3, 3.0 and 4.4°C by intercropping with maize (Zea mays L.), maize/okra (Abelmoschus esculentus Moench), maize/ egusi melon (...
Ikeorgu, J.E.G.
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Ezumah, H.C.
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[Some analytical aspects of cassava/maize/okra/egusimelon complex mixture: 1. Soli temperature in relation to leaf area variation]
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Some analytical aspects of cassava/maize/okra/egusimelon complex mixture: 1. Soli temperature in relation to leaf area variation
Field experiments were conducted in the dry season of 1985–86 and the first and second rainy seasons of 1986 at Ibadan, Nigeria, to assess the level of damage and yield reductions caused by Eldana saccharina Walker to maize. Grain weight per plant in artificially infested plots was up to 36% lowe...
Bosque Pérez, N.A.
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Mareck, J.H.
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[Effect of stem borer Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on the yield of maize]
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Effect of stem borer Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on the yield of maize