Genetic gains from selection for high grain yield and Striga resistance in early maturing maize cultivars of three breeding periods under Striga-infested and Striga-free environments

Field Crops Research

Volumn 147, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-67

  Badu Apraku, B ^a   Yallou, C G ^b   Oyekunle, M ^a  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b Institut National de Recherches Agricoles du Benin   (Benin)

Author keywords

Breeding periods; Genetic gain; Maize (Zea mays L.); Striga hermonthica; Striga resistance tolerance

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; MAIZE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PARASITIC PLANT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84877347238     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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