Resources
Resources
- List of STMA supported publications for sub-Saharan Africa for 2019
Amondo, E., Simtowe, F., Rahut, D.B., Erenstein, O., 2019. Productivity and production risk effects of adopting drought-tolerant maize varieties in ...
- Economic impacts of smallholder farmers’ adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties
Highlights: • Drought-tolerant maize variety is an adaptive response to climate variability. • Adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties increases crop yield. • ...
- The list of STMA-supported research publications from West Africa for the year 2019 is out
Melaku Gedil and Abebe Menkir. 2019. An Integrated Molecular and Conventional Breeding Scheme for Enhancing Genetic Gain in Maize in Africa. Published ...
- The list of STMA-supported research publications from Eastern and Southern African region for the year 2019 is out
The list of research publications supported by the STMA project for the year 2019 has been compiled. Breakthrough research findings cover adoption ...
- Maize Ear Digital Imaging for Yield Components Assessment
In Sub-Saharan Africa, many food security programs aim to increase crop yields by developing and disseminating better seeds and agronomy ...
- Zelalem Bekeko, Chemeda Fininsa, Dagne Wegary, Temam Hussien, Shimelis Hussien and Belachew Asalf. 2018. Combining ability and nature of gene action in maize (Zea mays L) inbred lines for resistance to gray leaf spot disease (Cercospora zeae maydis) in Ethiopia.
Abstract: Ten elite maize inbred lines were selected based on all over per se performance and resistance to gray leaf ...
- Setimela P, Zaman-Allah MA, Gasura E, Cairns JE, Thierfelder T, Prasanna BM. 2018. When the going gets tough: performance of stress tolerant maize under conservation agriculture during the 2015/16 El Nino season in southern Africa.
Abstract: The 2015/2016El Niño was the most severe on record in southern Africa and was associated with drought and heat ...
- Marenya, Paswel P. & Erenstein, Olaf & Prasanna, Boddupalli & Makumbi, Dan & Jumbo, MacDonald & Beyene, Yoseph, 2018. "Maize lethal necrosis disease: Evaluating agronomic and genetic control strategies for Ethiopia and Kenya,"
Abstract: Maize lethal necrosis disease (MLN) was first diagnosed in eastern Africa in the 2010's and is a big threat ...
- Manje Gowda & Yoseph Beyene & Dan Makumbi & Kassa Semagn & Michael S. Olsen & Jumbo M. Bright & Biswanath Das & Stephen Mugo & L. M. Suresh & Boddupalli M. Prasanna (2018) Discovery and validation of genomic regions associated with resistance to maize lethal necrosis in four biparental populations.
Abstract: Maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease is a recent maize disease in sub-Saharan Africa that threatens the food security of ...
- Makanza R, Zaman-Allah M, Cairns JE, Eyre J, Burgueño J, Pacheco A, Diepenbrock C, Magorokosho C, Tarekegne A, Olsen M, Prasanna BM. 2018. High-throughput method for ear phenotyping and kernel weight estimation in maize using ear digital imaging.
Abstract: Grain yield, ear and kernel attributes can assist to understand the performance of maize plant under different environmental conditions ...
- Keno, T., G. Azmach, D. Wegary, M. Worku, B. Tadesse, L. Wolde, T. Deressa, B. Abebe, T. Chibsa and L. M. Suresh. 2018. Major biotic maize production stresses in Ethiopia and their management through host resistance.
Abstract: Biotic stresses are recently evolving very rapidly and posing significant yield losses of maize production in Ethiopia. A number ...
- Gracia-Romero A, Vergara-Diaz O, Thierfelder C, Cairns JE, Kefauver SC, Araus JL. 2018.Phenotyping conservation agriculture management effects on ground and aerial remote-sensing assessments of maize hybrids performance in Zimbabwe.
Abstract: Conservation Agriculture (CA) has been recommended in sub-Saharan Africa to better manage soil health and boost crop productivity. Maize ...
- Chaikam V, Nair SK, Martinez L, Lopez LA, Utz HF, Melchinger AE and Boddupalli PM (2018) Marker-Assisted Breeding of Improved Maternal Haploid Inducers in Maize for the Tropical/Subtropical Regions.
Abstract : Through in vivo induction of haploids and subsequent chromosomal doubling, genetically homozygous breeding lines called double haploid (DH) ...
- Cairns JE, Prasanna BM. 2018. Developing and deploying climate-resilient maize varieties in the developing world.
Abstract: This paper found that climate-resilient maize has the potential to increase yield by 5–25% in Africa. Genetic gains in ...
- Araus JL, Kefauver SC, Zaman-Allah M, Olsen MS, Cairns JE. 2018.
Abstract: Inability to efficiently implement high-throughput field phenotyping is increasingly perceived as a key component that limits genetic gain in breeding programs. ...
- Didier Kadjo, Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Abdoulaye Tahirou, Gerald Shively, Nasser BACO, 2018. Storage losses, liquidity constraints, and maize storage decisions in Benin.
Abstract: This article estimates how storage losses from mold, insects, and other pests, combined with liquidity constraints, influence a smallholder ...
- Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Tesfamicheal Wossen and Bola Awotide., 2018. Impacts of Improved Maize Varieties in Nigeria: Ex-Post Assessment of Productivity and Welfare Outcomes.
Abstract: Investment in agricultural research and development is an important intervention for improving crop productivity and household welfare in most ...
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Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa project work
International conference on MLN Diagnostics and Management
2016-2017: Maize in the eyes of farmers
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