Genetic distance among doubled haploid maize lines and their testcross performance under drought stress and non-stress conditions

Euphytica

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 379-392

  Beyene, Yoseph ^a   Mugo, Stephen ^a   Semagn, Kassa ^a   Asea, Godfrey ^b   Trevisan, Walter ^c   Tarekegne, Amsal ^d   Tefera, Tadele ^a   Gethi, James ^d   Kiula, Barnabas ^e   Gakunga, John ^a   Karaya, Haron ^c   Chavangi, Andrew ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Kenya)

^b National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI)   (Uganda)

^c Monsanto South Africa (Proprietary) Ltd   (South Africa)

^d CIMMYT   (Zimbabwe)

^e Ministry of Agriculture   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Doubled haploid; Drought stress; Genetic distance; Maize

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84880512175     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-013-0867-5     Document Type: Article

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