Genomic-based-breeding tools for tropical maize improvement
Autor: | Vemuri Hindu, Thammineni Chakradhar, Palakolanu Sudhakar Reddy |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Heterosis Plant Science Subtropics Biology 01 natural sciences Zea mays Crop 03 medical and health sciences Genetics Nested association mapping Plant breeding Hectare Tropical Climate business.industry General Medicine Genomics Biotechnology Plant Breeding 030104 developmental biology Insect Science Backcrossing Doubled haploidy Animal Science and Zoology business Edible Grain 010606 plant biology & botany |
Zdroj: | Genetica. 145(6) |
ISSN: | 1573-6857 |
Popis: | Maize has traditionally been the main staple diet in the Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and widely grown by millions of resource poor small scale farmers. Approximately, 35.4 million hectares are sown to tropical maize, constituting around 59% of the developing worlds. Tropical maize encounters tremendous challenges besides poor agro-climatic situations with average yields recorded |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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