Performance and grain yield stability of maize populations developed using marker-assisted recurrent selection and pedigree selection procedures

Euphytica

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 285-297

  Beyene, Yoseph ^a   Semagn, Kassa ^a   Mugo, Stephen ^a   Prasanna, Boddupalli M ^a   Tarekegne, Amsal ^b   Gakunga, John ^a   Sehabiague, Pierre ^c   Meisel, Barbara ^d   Oikeh, Sylvester O ^e   Olsen, Michael ^a   Crossa, Jose ^f  

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

^b CIMMYT   (Zimbabwe)

^c Monsanto SAS   (France)

^d Monsanto South Africa (Pty) Ltd   (South Africa)

^e African Agricultural Technology Foundation   (Kenya)

^f INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Africa; Drought; Molecular breeding; Rapid cycle recombination; SNP; Testcross evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959123467     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-015-1590-1     Document Type: Article

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