HETEROTIC PATTERNS AND COMBINING ABILITY OF CIMMYT EARLY MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) LINES UNDER MOISTURE AND NITROGEN STRESS AND OPTIMAL CONDITIONS
Since the initiation of a product oriented breeding programme aimed at improving maize for drought prone mid altitudes of southern Africa, CIMMYT developed several inbred lines and single cross hybrids using pedigree selection methods, with emphasis on earliness, drought and low nitrogen stress tole...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Others |
| Language: | en-uk |
| Published: |
University of the Free State
2009
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-04082009-143814/restricted/ |